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1876–2024
Dodge County, Wisconsin
Dodge County·Wisconsin

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

A dairying heartland where Republican margins have held wide for a generation

18762024·38 elections
Dodge County, Wisconsin · self · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+33
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
88,742
2024 ACS
Most similar
Gage County
NE · similarity 1.00
54 precincts · 50,300 votes cast
Trump · R+33
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−32.9%
16,51833,06750,300
2020R
−31.0%
16,35631,35548,436
2016R
−29.4%
13,96826,63543,078
2012R
−14.5%
18,76225,21144,488
2008R
−8.9%
19,18323,01542,823
2004R
−23.7%
16,69027,20144,336
2000R
−18.8%
14,58021,68437,701
1996R
−0.9%
12,62512,89029,422
1992R
−9.9%
11,43814,97135,709
1988R
−14.5%
12,66317,00329,927
1984R
−29.6%
11,05220,45831,761
1980R
−22.2%
11,96619,43533,682
1976R
−11.7%
13,64317,33531,641
1972R
−25.8%
9,89817,06827,737
1968R
−23.1%
8,94814,90925,758
1964D
+18.0%
15,49710,77226,308
1960R
−25.8%
10,11317,15227,295
1956R
−44.6%
6,70417,56924,366
1952R
−46.7%
7,00119,29826,336
1948R
−13.6%
8,21210,83119,288
1944R
−29.4%
7,66714,10221,883
1940R
−23.9%
8,94814,65123,859
1936D
+35.2%
14,7826,82922,599
1932D
+51.7%
15,8744,93621,148
1928R
−0.6%
9,5369,66019,434
1924R
−18.5%
2,0195,16716,971
1920R
−61.8%
2,29311,35414,658
1916R
−3.8%
4,5194,8879,646
1912D
+30.7%
5,2462,5598,747
1908D
+18.5%
5,8834,01510,123
1904D
+8.0%
5,0054,2489,459
1900D
+9.6%
5,8134,78010,778
1896R
−6.5%
4,9005,61010,882
1892D
+42.8%
6,8102,6539,709
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%
Polish
0.6%
African American
2.1%
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
23.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
14.4%
Other Christian
3.6%
Methodist
1.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dodge County's economy is anchored in agriculture and small manufacturing, and its largely rural, white, non-college electorate has delivered Republican presidential margins above 30 points in recent cycles.

The Republican margin in Dodge County reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was thirty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Dodge County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,929, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 88,742 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 Gage County and Jackson County.