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1876–2024
Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Kenosha County·Wisconsin

Kenosha County votes the way the country votes.

A Lake Michigan swing county that shifted sharply rightward over a decade

18762024·38 elections
Kenosha County, Wisconsin · David Benbennick · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
168,438
2024 ACS
Most similar
Dubuque County
IA · similarity 0.97
101 precincts · 90,680 votes cast
Trump · R+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−6.2%
41,82647,47890,680
2020R
−3.1%
42,19344,97288,738
2016R
−0.3%
35,79936,03776,304
2012D
+12.2%
44,86734,97780,897
2008D
+18.1%
45,83631,60978,789
2004D
+5.9%
40,10735,58776,428
2000D
+5.6%
32,42928,89163,709
1996D
+18.0%
27,96418,29653,717
1992D
+12.1%
27,34119,85461,837
1988D
+16.2%
30,08921,66152,129
1984D
+5.6%
29,23326,11855,695
1980D
+4.0%
26,73824,48155,863
1976D
+10.2%
27,58522,34951,250
1972R
−10.3%
19,44124,04144,576
1968D
+10.3%
21,42717,08942,126
1964D
+34.7%
30,52214,76445,356
1960D
+6.9%
22,95619,96943,011
1956R
−11.0%
17,09421,36738,796
1952D
+2.2%
19,76818,91738,827
1948D
+16.2%
17,98712,78032,109
1944D
+18.9%
18,32512,43631,121
1940D
+16.8%
17,17412,18229,777
1936D
+39.9%
18,1377,26827,245
1932D
+29.6%
14,3737,30723,903
1928R
−3.1%
10,63811,33022,363
1924R
−47.3%
1,51710,34118,649
1920R
−64.1%
1,7249,79112,584
1916R
−10.4%
2,8133,5376,937
1912D
+8.9%
2,2161,6716,141
1908R
−22.4%
2,0063,4096,255
1904R
−31.4%
1,5923,2935,411
1900R
−18.5%
2,1013,0785,273
1896R
−23.4%
1,7322,8274,670
1892D
+8.2%
1,9281,6283,641
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
4.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
21.2%
Mainline Protestant
5.1%
Other Christian
3.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.0%
Non-Christian
1.1%
Methodist
0.8%
Baptist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kenosha County backed Obama twice before trending Republican, and its 2024 margin of R+6.2 reflects a broader working-class realignment in Wisconsin's lakefront industrial corridor that analysts watch closely each cycle.

The Democratic margin in Kenosha County has rarely exceeded forty points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded sixty-four points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by six points.

Kenosha County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a 11% poverty rate, and a median household income of $81,239 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dubuque County and Cerro Gordo County.