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1876–2024
Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Kewaunee County·Wisconsin

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

A small Lake Michigan county where margins have widened sharply each cycle

18762024·38 elections
Kewaunee County, Wisconsin · Chris Rand · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+34
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
20,664
2024 ACS
Most similar
Barron County
WI · similarity 0.99
14 precincts · 12,484 votes cast
Trump · R+34
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−33.7%
4,0598,26712,484
2020R
−32.7%
3,9767,92712,095
2016R
−27.8%
3,6276,61810,767
2012R
−5.4%
5,1535,74711,037
2008D
+11.0%
5,9024,71110,787
2004R
−7.1%
5,1755,97011,273
2000R
−2.1%
4,6704,88310,084
1996D
+9.7%
4,3113,4319,046
1992D
+4.6%
4,0503,57010,377
1988D
+5.0%
4,7864,3309,179
1984R
−24.5%
3,4445,7059,210
1980R
−19.1%
3,7065,5779,775
1976D
+1.7%
4,6074,4479,279
1972R
−17.2%
3,3604,8028,403
1968R
−23.6%
2,6224,4677,802
1964D
+23.3%
4,7922,9807,780
1960D
+3.7%
4,2563,9508,213
1956R
−36.5%
2,3645,1067,509
1952R
−53.2%
1,9726,4828,482
1948R
−13.9%
2,7463,6466,478
1944R
−22.7%
2,6114,1536,780
1940R
−6.5%
3,3893,8627,272
1936D
+51.3%
4,9711,5276,717
1932D
+70.6%
5,2008796,122
1928D
+43.7%
3,9881,5565,569
1924R
−14.6%
3951,0184,260
1920R
−60.9%
5982,6223,326
1916D
+28.8%
2,0111,1043,148
1912D
+18.6%
1,6961,1153,122
1908D
+4.1%
1,7311,5903,421
1904R
−3.8%
1,4571,5783,174
1900R
−0.6%
1,7291,7503,513
1896R
−5.2%
1,6491,8353,590
1892D
+58.9%
2,0465182,595
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
47.8%
Mainline Protestant
16.3%
Other Christian
1.6%
Methodist
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kewaunee's roughly 20,000 residents are concentrated in small farming and fishing communities along Lake Michigan, and the county has shifted dramatically toward Republicans over the past decade, posting a 33-point margin in 2024.

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

Kewaunee County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $82,725, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 20,664 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 Barron County and Clark County.