- Lead
- 771
- Total
- 34,998
- vs nation
- D+3.7
Wisconsin 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 657
- Total
- 34,770
- vs nation
- R+2.6
- Lead
- 1,548
- Total
- 31,769
- vs nation
- R+7.0
- Lead
- 3,007
- Total
- 35,791
- vs nation
- R+12.3
- Lead
- 2,936
- Total
- 34,481
- vs nation
- R+15.8
- Lead
- 7,946
- Total
- 37,067
- vs nation
- R+19.0
- Lead
- 7,959
- Total
- 33,923
- vs nation
- R+24.0
- Lead
- 4,216
- Total
- 28,098
- vs nation
- R+23.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+2.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 59,3612024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,174 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 18.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $78,5982024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+20.5 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.7 in 1880MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Assembly District 14, WI · twin score 95.6
presidential history
Party record book
Wisconsin 61st State House 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. Roosevelt1936
56.0%
10,756 votes · D+20.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 50.2%
Republican
James A. Garfield1880
78.1%
1,774 votes · R+56.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 76.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
17,476votes
49.9% of the vote · D+2.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 17,471 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
28,086votes
76.1% of the vote · R+52.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 27,161 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
Kamala Harris2024
+3.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −2.6 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+47.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Benjamin Harrison, 1892 · +43.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 69.4%19,453 | 30.6%8,591 | 28,044 |
Wisconsin 61st State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 56.7 points in 1880. The 2024 margin was 2.2 points.
A population of 59,361, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,598 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 14 and Assembly District 21.
The state-house 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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