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1876–2024
Marathon County, Wisconsin
Marathon County·Wisconsin

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

A blue-collar manufacturing hub that has shifted sharply toward Republicans

18762024·38 elections
Marathon County, Wisconsin · TheCatalyst31 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+19
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
138,403
2024 ACS
Most similar
Wood County
WI · similarity 0.98
87 precincts · 78,826 votes cast
Trump · R+19
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−18.6%
31,52946,21378,826
2020R
−18.0%
30,80844,62476,751
2016R
−18.0%
26,48139,01469,518
2012R
−6.1%
32,36336,61769,862
2008D
+8.9%
36,36730,34567,940
2004R
−8.1%
30,89936,39468,059
2000R
−4.0%
26,54628,88358,374
1996D
+8.0%
24,01219,87451,449
1992D
+0.9%
21,48220,94857,378
1988D
+0.4%
24,65824,48249,521
1984R
−14.3%
20,12827,08048,670
1980R
−4.8%
23,28125,86853,514
1976D
+6.3%
24,93421,89848,001
1972R
−7.1%
18,50021,45441,839
1968D
+3.0%
18,06316,90738,081
1964D
+31.6%
24,60312,76637,426
1960R
−9.3%
18,14521,88040,025
1956R
−19.1%
15,30122,58638,051
1952R
−17.4%
14,54120,70235,373
1948D
+15.7%
15,89811,49428,079
1944R
−8.8%
13,19215,78229,477
1940R
−5.2%
13,72415,26429,469
1936D
+39.0%
17,8987,32827,076
1932D
+46.9%
17,7446,21024,601
1928D
+2.6%
10,67510,12721,091
1924R
−23.4%
1,1095,57719,088
1920R
−53.2%
2,13311,35617,329
1916R
−21.1%
3,6775,83810,237
1912D
+11.1%
4,0433,0339,135
1908R
−5.2%
4,7225,25810,388
1904R
−30.0%
3,2256,1449,716
1900R
−10.9%
3,7684,7178,683
1896R
−1.6%
3,8293,9587,977
1892D
+30.9%
3,7911,9595,929
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%.
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
21.1%
Mainline Protestant
19.7%
Other Christian
5.5%
Non-Christian
2.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Methodist
1.0%
Baptist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Marathon County anchors north-central Wisconsin's paper and dairy economy, and its largely white working-class electorate has moved roughly 20 points toward Republican presidential candidates over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Marathon County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1920. The margin in 2024 was nineteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Marathon County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,884, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 138,403 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 Wood County and Kewaunee County.