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Wisconsin 85th State House District
presidential margin
2008D+15.32012D+5.12016R+3.52020R+0.42024R+0.6
full record · 2008 → 2024
R+0.6
2024
median income$67,931U.S. $80,734 · WI $77,485
median age39.3U.S. 39.1 · WI 40.5
poverty rate11.9%U.S. 12.5% · WI 10.6%
bachelor’s+ (25+)28.1%U.S. 35.6% · WI 33.5%
non-english7.6%U.S. 22.3% · WI 9.1%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
German43.5%
Polish13.4%
Irish7.3%
Hmong8.6%
Asian Indian0.6%
Chinese0.6%
Mexican2.6%
Nicaraguan0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Marathon County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Wisconsin 85th State House District

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Wisconsin 85th State House DistrictTrumpR+0.6
2024
2024 presidential margin for Wisconsin 85th State House DistrictThe boundary of Wisconsin 85th State House District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+0.6), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Wisconsin 85th State House District · R+0.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican49.6%14,839
Kamala HarrisDemocratic49.0%14,657
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.No1.3%395
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Wisconsin 85th State House District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Marathon County, WIRepublicanR+18.6
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
49.0%Harris14,657
49.6%Trump14,839
1.3%Kennedy395
−0.6%
29,891
R
48.7%Biden14,493
49.2%Trump14,622
2.1%Jorgensen616
−0.4%
29,731
R
45.0%Clinton12,237
48.4%Trump13,180
6.6%Johnson1,802
−3.5%
27,219
D
52.6%Obama14,598
47.4%Romney13,179
0.0%
+5.1%
27,777
D
56.7%Obama15,429
41.4%McCain11,267
1.9%Nader504
+15.3%
27,200
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −0.6% in 2024.flipped R · 2016−0.6%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+15.3%
2012+5.1%
2016−3.5%
2020−0.4%
2024−0.6%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
RPat SnyderState House · 85

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Assembly District 85 gave the 2024 Republican presidential nominee a 17.6-point margin, reflecting the rural and small-town character of a west-central Wisconsin constituency that has trended steadily rightward over the past decade.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.3 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 3.5 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 0.6 points.

A population of 59,110, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,931 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Assembly District 71 and Assembly District 54.

Political twins — state-house districts

The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Assembly District 71
Wisconsin
87.2twin score
Polish ancestryGerman ancestry% Black
Assembly District 54
Wisconsin
84.8twin score
German ancestry% White2008 margin≠ Polish ancestry
Assembly District 53
Wisconsin
84.4twin score
German ancestry2008 margin% White≠ % Asian

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.

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Places within Wisconsin 85th State House District

counties it covers1
Marathon County

Frequently asked questions

How did Wisconsin 85th State House District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Wisconsin 85th State House District voted Republican by 0.6 points (R+0.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 29,891 votes cast, 14,657 went Democratic and 14,839 went Republican.
When did Wisconsin 85th State House District last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Wisconsin 85th State House District voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Wisconsin 85th State House District?
Wisconsin 85th State House District has a population of 59,110 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Wisconsin 85th State House District?
Median household income in Wisconsin 85th State House District is $67,931 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Wisconsin 85th State House District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Wisconsin 85th State House District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.