Wisconsin 2nd Congressional District (WI) — Elections 1876–2024

Wisconsin 2nd Congressional District, Wisconsin: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+39%. Republican peak: R+66 in 1920.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+39MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 798,5112024 5-year
Median household income: $86,7552024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 80.0%2024 5-year
Black: 4.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 7.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+41 in 2008MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+66 in 1920MIT Election Lab

POCAN, MarkCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: BALDWIN, Tammy (2011–2013), BALDWIN, Tammy (2009–2011), BALDWIN, Tammy (2007–2009), BALDWIN, Tammy (2005–2007)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

6 counties · 4 D · 2 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+38.7%	337,625	146,728	492,900
2020	D	+40.3%	323,908	135,404	467,238
2016	D	+36.5%	271,226	119,006	417,490
2012	D	+37.5%	283,336	127,096	416,234
2008	D	+41.4%	273,842	111,754	391,148
2004	D	+26.7%	241,475	138,965	384,232
2000	D	+23.9%	193,353	115,361	326,921
1996	D	+23.3%	149,898	86,773	271,157
1992	D	+20.1%	152,886	92,540	300,703
1988	D	+13.4%	141,870	108,103	251,912
1984	D	+2.8%	126,599	119,740	248,056
1980	D	+8.0%	119,678	99,487	251,522
1976	D	+7.2%	119,495	102,808	230,962
1972	D	+4.0%	106,789	98,395	207,689
1968	D	+6.0%	86,097	75,892	170,752
1964	D	+31.2%	106,396	55,692	162,358
1960	R	−7.6%	74,138	86,439	160,869
1956	R	−15.7%	59,120	81,230	141,007
1952	R	−17.1%	59,884	84,711	144,924
1948	D	+9.6%	60,994	49,993	114,107
1944	D	+5.3%	62,642	56,293	119,761
1940	D	+9.0%	68,211	56,852	126,270
1936	D	+26.3%	68,956	39,349	112,597
1932	D	+13.0%	55,372	42,298	100,392
1928	R	−20.6%	37,956	57,813	96,464
1924	O	−31.2%	5,742	32,738	86,482
1920	R	−65.6%	9,983	54,570	67,996
1916	R	−3.1%	20,017	21,328	42,828
1912	D	+9.5%	18,513	14,728	39,972
1908	R	−16.9%	17,877	25,556	45,549
1904	R	−33.9%	13,679	28,824	44,647
1900	R	−25.4%	15,631	26,836	44,106
1896	R	−20.3%	17,451	26,805	45,983
1892	R	−2.5%	18,582	19,608	41,371
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 17 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2024	D	49.3%	48.5%	3,390,787
2022	R	49.4%	50.4%	2,652,477
2018	D	55.4%	44.6%	2,657,841
2016	R	46.8%	50.2%	2,948,741
2012	D	51.4%	45.9%	3,009,411
2010	R	47.0%	51.9%	2,171,331
2006	D	67.3%	29.5%	2,138,297
2004	D	55.4%	44.1%	2,949,743
2000	D	61.5%	37.0%	2,540,083
1998	D	50.5%	48.4%	1,760,836
1994	D	58.3%	40.7%	1,565,628
1992	D	52.6%	46.0%	2,455,124
1988	D	52.1%	47.5%	2,168,190
1986	R	47.4%	50.9%	1,483,174
1982	D	63.6%	34.1%	1,544,883
1980	R	48.3%	50.2%	2,204,202
1976	D	72.2%	27.0%	1,935,183

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

33.2%

Irish

13.0%

English

10.1%

Polish

4.5%

Italian

3.5%

American

2.9%

French

2.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.2%

2.1%

75–84

2.4%

4.8%

65–74

5.1%

5.9%

55–64

6.0%

5.8%

45–54

5.6%

6.9%

35–44

6.6%

7.4%

25–34

7.0%

6.0%

18–24

5.9%

7.9%

5–17

7.4%

2.7%

2.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$86,755

Congressional District 2 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 2$86,755

Wisconsin$77,485

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.1%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 189.3%

Working age (18–64)10.4%

Seniors (65+)8.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

89.7%

speak English only

Spanish4.9%

Asian & Pacific Islander2.5%

Other Indo-European2.3%

Other languages0.5%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

14.7%

Mainline Protestant

11.2%

Other Christian

6.7%

Non-Christian

2.8%

Methodist

1.9%

Baptist

0.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 61.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a dense concentration of state-government workers, WI-02 delivered a 38-point Democratic margin in 2024 — among the widest in the Midwest — driven by high turnout in Dane County's college-educated electorate.

The Democratic margin in Wisconsin 2nd Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-one points in 2008; the 2024 margin was thirty-nine points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,755, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 2, Wisconsin vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 2, Wisconsin voted Democratic by 38.7 points (D+39), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 492,900 votes cast, 337,625 went Democratic and 146,728 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 2, Wisconsin's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 2, Wisconsin as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 2, Wisconsin last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 2, Wisconsin voted Republican was 1960.

How many people live in Congressional District 2, Wisconsin?

Congressional District 2, Wisconsin has a population of 798,511 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 2, Wisconsin?

Median household income in Congressional District 2, Wisconsin is $86,755 — above the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.

What is the political history of Congressional District 2, Wisconsin?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 2, Wisconsin from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Wisconsin 2nd Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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