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1876–2024
Marquette County, Wisconsin
Marquette County·Wisconsin

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

A lightly populated central Wisconsin county that leans heavily Republican

18762024·38 elections
Marquette County, Wisconsin · Royalbroil · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+30
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
15,746
2024 ACS
Most similar
Bureau County
IL · similarity 0.99
19 precincts · 9,427 votes cast
Trump · R+30
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−29.6%
3,2526,0419,427
2020R
−27.4%
3,2395,7199,065
2016R
−24.1%
2,8084,7097,891
2012D
+0.3%
4,0143,9928,105
2008D
+5.3%
4,0683,6547,846
2004R
−9.7%
3,7854,6048,477
2000R
−1.2%
3,4373,5227,194
1996D
+10.6%
2,8592,2086,119
1992D
+3.1%
2,5332,3226,720
1988R
−10.7%
2,4633,0595,567
1984R
−24.9%
2,0323,4065,512
1980R
−17.1%
2,1803,1665,779
1976R
−1.7%
2,5162,6075,209
1972R
−26.7%
1,5372,6824,284
1968R
−29.5%
1,2282,3743,882
1964D
+1.2%
1,9271,8813,816
1960R
−40.4%
1,2492,9474,203
1956R
−48.1%
9752,7963,785
1952R
−60.3%
8353,3794,218
1948R
−29.6%
1,0952,0333,166
1944R
−47.3%
1,0162,8533,883
1940R
−43.9%
1,1953,0864,312
1936R
−3.7%
1,8121,9573,917
1932D
+29.0%
2,5041,3653,922
1928R
−31.8%
1,3132,5543,903
1924R
−14.7%
5871,1093,556
1920R
−54.7%
6872,4363,196
1916R
−19.4%
9231,3772,344
1912D
+1.9%
9238812,235
1908R
−31.4%
7981,5552,414
1904R
−34.8%
7521,6042,450
1900R
−28.1%
8661,5602,473
1896R
−27.6%
8271,4762,349
1892D
+15.0%
1,1988772,134
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
Mainline Protestant
14.8%
Other Christian
9.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.0%
Methodist
3.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With roughly 15,800 residents spread across lakes and farmland, Marquette County delivered a nearly 30-point Republican margin in 2024, consistent with the rightward drift seen across rural central Wisconsin over the past decade.

The Republican margin in Marquette County reached its widest at sixty points in 1952. The margin in 2024 was thirty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Marquette County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,681, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 15,746 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 Bureau County and Monroe County.