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1876–2024
Washburn County, Wisconsin
Washburn County·Wisconsin

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

A rural north-woods county where Republican margins have widened each cycle

18762024·38 elections
Washburn County, Wisconsin · David Benbennick · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+28
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,854
2024 ACS
Most similar
Yellow Medicine County
MN · similarity 1.00
25 precincts · 10,978 votes cast
Trump · R+28
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−28.2%
3,8676,96210,978
2020R
−23.8%
3,8676,33410,378
2016R
−23.4%
3,2825,4369,193
2012R
−2.7%
4,4474,6999,287
2008D
+4.3%
4,6934,3039,112
2004R
−0.6%
4,7054,7629,567
2000R
−2.7%
3,6953,9128,045
1996D
+7.5%
3,2312,7036,996
1992D
+6.4%
3,0802,5867,686
1988D
+4.9%
3,3933,0746,506
1984R
−9.3%
3,1883,8487,076
1980R
−0.3%
3,1723,1936,880
1976D
+11.1%
3,5032,7876,451
1972R
−15.6%
2,3363,2205,665
1968R
−3.0%
2,2732,4255,091
1964D
+26.0%
3,1811,8655,062
1960R
−8.6%
2,3982,8485,261
1956R
−18.2%
1,9352,7984,752
1952R
−21.9%
2,0393,1845,237
1948D
+13.2%
2,7082,0594,925
1944R
−8.4%
2,0592,4414,533
1940D
+1.7%
2,9012,8055,762
1936D
+30.1%
3,2201,6505,215
1932D
+25.8%
2,6191,5014,328
1928R
−41.2%
1,1922,8984,138
1924R
−34.6%
1581,4223,655
1920R
−64.6%
3522,0232,585
1916R
−17.4%
6449381,694
1912R
−0.7%
3984091,486
1908R
−44.5%
3961,1141,614
1904R
−61.1%
2079891,279
1900R
−50.8%
2538081,092
1896R
−49.5%
2507711,052
1892R
−21.7%
305488844
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
Mainline Protestant
13.5%
Other Christian
9.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.1%
Methodist
2.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Washburn County's roughly 16,000 residents are spread across lake-dotted timberland in northwestern Wisconsin, a region that has shifted steadily rightward over the past decade, delivering a 28-point Republican margin in 2024.

The Republican margin in Washburn County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was twenty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Washburn County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,441, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,854 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 Yellow Medicine County and Barron County.