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1876–2024
Douglas County, Wisconsin
Douglas County·Wisconsin

Douglas County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A Lake Superior county that still leans Democratic in a rightward-shifting state

18762024·38 elections
Douglas County, Wisconsin · Superior-wisconsin · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+5
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
44,229
2024 ACS
Most similar
St. Louis County
MN · similarity 0.99
26 precincts · 25,234 votes cast
Harris · D+5
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+5.3%
13,07311,73225,234
2020D
+9.3%
13,21810,92324,677
2016D
+7.5%
11,3579,66122,536
2012D
+31.3%
14,8637,70522,894
2008D
+33.2%
15,8307,83524,066
2004D
+32.1%
16,5378,44825,187
2000D
+30.7%
13,5936,93021,706
1996D
+31.2%
10,9765,16718,591
1992D
+29.8%
12,3195,67922,253
1988D
+36.5%
13,9076,44020,449
1984D
+33.7%
14,2917,06621,464
1980D
+21.0%
11,7037,25821,199
1976D
+30.9%
13,4786,99920,956
1972D
+13.3%
11,0548,41919,771
1968D
+35.8%
12,5065,65619,115
1964D
+53.7%
15,2374,57919,839
1960D
+21.6%
12,9108,30721,270
1956D
+10.2%
11,2769,18320,502
1952D
+8.7%
11,5389,67721,313
1948D
+31.3%
12,2786,25219,248
1944D
+28.9%
12,9857,13220,263
1940D
+33.4%
15,5487,69523,515
1936D
+52.4%
16,6845,07922,163
1932D
+9.6%
9,7157,88818,949
1928R
−24.5%
6,76211,28018,432
1924R
−34.9%
6385,88715,039
1920R
−47.9%
2,1117,25010,736
1916R
−1.0%
2,9403,0076,902
1912D
+8.8%
1,1817305,134
1908R
−28.6%
1,7153,5096,280
1904R
−57.4%
9744,5646,257
1900R
−32.5%
2,1874,4506,970
1896R
−25.1%
2,5274,2746,955
1892R
−10.7%
2,3402,9675,857
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
15.5%
Mainline Protestant
9.2%
Other Christian
3.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Methodist
1.0%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Douglas County, anchored by Superior and its union-heavy port economy, gave Democrats a 5-point margin in 2024 even as much of rural Wisconsin moved sharply right — a remnant of the Iron Range–style labor politics that once defined the western Great Lakes.

The Democratic margin in Douglas County reached its widest at fifty-four points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was five points — still decisive.

Douglas County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,099, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 44,229 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Louis County and Carlton County.