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1876–2024
Monroe County, Wisconsin
Monroe County·Wisconsin

Monroe County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A rural dairy corridor where Republican margins have widened each cycle since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Monroe County, Wisconsin · Wikideas1 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+26
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
46,208
2024 ACS
Most similar
Menominee County
MI · similarity 0.99
37 precincts · 23,369 votes cast
Trump · R+26
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−26.0%
8,47614,56323,369
2020R
−23.6%
8,43313,77522,611
2016R
−21.8%
7,05211,35619,699
2012R
−0.8%
9,5159,67519,485
2008D
+8.0%
10,1988,66619,152
2004R
−7.2%
8,97310,37519,554
2000R
−4.6%
7,4608,21716,335
1996D
+11.1%
6,9245,29914,600
1992D
+1.8%
6,4276,11816,805
1988R
−4.7%
6,4377,07313,585
1984R
−19.2%
5,5678,22713,884
1980R
−10.3%
6,5218,13615,684
1976R
−5.6%
6,4657,24213,968
1972R
−34.8%
3,6407,62511,436
1968R
−24.4%
4,0126,93812,015
1964D
+10.9%
6,3855,12611,524
1960R
−17.9%
5,1617,41012,587
1956R
−26.7%
4,3117,46011,811
1952R
−40.2%
3,7178,74412,495
1948R
−3.6%
4,9705,34710,490
1944R
−28.7%
4,0137,27711,354
1940R
−26.2%
4,6738,04212,863
1936D
+15.0%
6,4914,69512,008
1932D
+37.5%
6,7573,0229,954
1928R
−22.8%
3,7095,9369,759
1924R
−22.4%
4282,6619,965
1920R
−71.3%
9776,7848,145
1916R
−19.5%
1,9913,0135,233
1912D
+5.0%
2,0841,8414,828
1908R
−20.2%
2,1553,3045,686
1904R
−36.8%
1,7493,8925,829
1900R
−23.8%
2,2473,7096,150
1896R
−21.3%
2,3613,6836,194
1892R
−1.3%
2,4582,5305,367
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%
Italian
1.9%
African American
1.2%
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
Mainline Protestant
15.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.6%
Other Christian
9.7%
Methodist
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Baptist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Monroe County's economy is anchored by dairy farming and timber, and its largely non-Hispanic white, rural population has shifted toward the Republican column by double digits over the past four presidential elections.

The Republican margin in Monroe County reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Monroe County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $69,467, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 46,208 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 Menominee County and Marquette County.