Waushara County, Wisconsin

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 14,363 votes cast

Trump · R+35

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−35.2%	4,571	9,625	14,363
2020	R	−34.1%	4,388	9,016	13,568
2016	R	−32.1%	3,791	7,667	12,074
2012	R	−10.2%	5,335	6,562	12,048
2008	D	+0.8%	5,868	5,770	11,849
2004	R	−13.3%	5,257	6,888	12,246
2000	R	−13.0%	4,239	5,571	10,248
1996	D	+2.8%	3,824	3,573	8,830
1992	R	−6.2%	3,402	4,045	10,329
1988	R	−16.6%	3,535	4,953	8,553
1984	R	−34.6%	2,782	5,769	8,637
1980	R	−28.5%	2,987	5,576	9,077
1976	R	−11.9%	3,485	4,449	8,098
1972	R	−35.2%	2,094	4,466	6,739
1968	R	−39.6%	1,652	4,187	6,407
1964	R	−6.7%	3,004	3,437	6,441
1960	R	−44.4%	1,888	4,906	6,799
1956	R	−54.3%	1,387	4,717	6,127
1952	R	−62.6%	1,242	5,447	6,713
1948	R	−41.9%	1,430	3,594	5,164
1944	R	−51.5%	1,485	4,675	6,189
1940	R	−46.7%	1,747	4,872	6,685
1936	R	−10.4%	2,636	3,302	6,421
1932	D	+9.3%	3,073	2,541	5,738
1928	R	−52.1%	1,260	4,068	5,394
1924	R	−29.9%	249	1,602	4,522
1920	R	−75.3%	482	4,176	4,903
1916	R	−38.2%	1,015	2,345	3,484
1912	R	−18.9%	772	1,343	3,023
1908	R	−65.4%	507	2,820	3,537
1904	R	−78.3%	325	3,140	3,595
1900	R	−67.6%	525	2,990	3,645
1896	R	−72.4%	456	3,210	3,805
1892	R	−42.7%	786	2,091	3,054
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%

African American

1.4%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 50.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.3%

4.1%

75–84

4.1%

8.5%

65–74

7.3%

9.2%

55–64

8.5%

6.6%

45–54

5.5%

6.1%

35–44

4.6%

5.4%

25–34

4.1%

3.3%

18–24

2.8%

6.7%

5–17

6.9%

2.2%

1.9%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$67,107

Waushara County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Waushara County$67,107

Wisconsin$77,485

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.9%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

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

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

11.2%

Mainline Protestant

10.9%

Other Christian

4.2%

Methodist

2.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.5%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Waushara's sparse population, aging demographics, and economy anchored by agriculture and seasonal tourism have tracked a steady rightward drift — its 2024 presidential margin of R+35.2 reflects patterns common across Wisconsin's least-dense interior counties.

The Republican margin in Waushara County reached its widest at seventy-eight points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Waushara County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,107, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 24,868 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 Shawano County and Huron County.

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