- Lead
- 106,373
- Total
- 481,666
- vs nation
- R+20.6
Wisconsin 5th Congressional District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 106,407
- Total
- 465,888
- vs nation
- R+27.3
- Lead
- 111,543
- Total
- 413,959
- vs nation
- R+29.0
- Lead
- 127,506
- Total
- 427,466
- vs nation
- R+33.7
- Lead
- 88,124
- Total
- 408,592
- vs nation
- R+28.8
- Lead
- 131,960
- Total
- 406,398
- vs nation
- R+30.0
- Lead
- 108,971
- Total
- 355,489
- vs nation
- R+31.2
- Lead
- 47,803
- Total
- 287,771
- vs nation
- R+25.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 737,0272024 5-year
- Population density
- 344 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,144 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $95,8032024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58.3 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Congressional District 6, WI · twin score 76.5
presidential history
Party record book
Wisconsin 5th Congressional District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
62.5%
48,893 votes · D+29.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 59.8%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
74.1%
38,748 votes · R+58.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 71.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
183,722votes
38.1% of the vote · R+22.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 176,025 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
290,095votes
60.2% of the vote · R+22.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 282,432 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+12.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+29.9 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1892 · +7.7 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+33.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+29.8 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +32.1 pts
Current officeholders
Federal officeholders only. State and local officeholders are planned for the next data pass.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.
Covering Waukesha County and surrounding exurbs west of Milwaukee, the district has posted double-digit Republican presidential margins consistently, making it one of the most stable GOP-leaning constituencies in a state known for statewide volatility.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 58.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.1 points.
A population of 737,027, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,803 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 6 and Congressional District 2.
The congressional districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Wisconsin 5th Congressional District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/cd/5505/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.