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1876–2024
Racine County, Wisconsin
Racine County·Wisconsin

Racine County votes the way the country votes.

A Lake Michigan manufacturing corridor that has trended Republican since 2012

18762024·38 elections
Racine County, Wisconsin · Richie Diesterheft · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+6
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
197,532
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hill County
MT · similarity 0.89
88 precincts · 107,686 votes cast
Trump · R+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−6.2%
49,72156,347107,686
2020R
−4.1%
50,15954,479106,451
2016R
−4.3%
42,64146,68194,302
2012D
+3.5%
53,00849,347103,364
2008D
+7.4%
53,40845,954100,642
2004R
−4.2%
48,22952,456101,569
2000R
−2.8%
41,56344,01488,865
1996D
+10.9%
38,56730,10777,568
1992D
+2.9%
34,87532,31087,819
1988D
+4.3%
39,63136,34276,631
1984R
−6.4%
36,95542,09279,663
1980R
−7.7%
33,56539,68379,742
1976R
−0.5%
36,74037,08875,686
1972R
−15.7%
27,77838,49068,236
1968R
−1.6%
27,04528,02862,586
1964D
+27.6%
37,78521,43459,306
1960D
+1.7%
30,59629,56260,294
1956R
−17.0%
22,64631,96854,919
1952R
−9.6%
25,24130,62856,049
1948D
+9.7%
23,26619,02943,797
1944D
+16.9%
25,69718,22044,325
1940D
+11.1%
23,53218,75342,978
1936D
+36.1%
24,47410,85037,771
1932D
+27.8%
19,96010,75433,097
1928R
−14.3%
13,02117,42330,806
1924R
−44.6%
1,46313,04025,969
1920R
−53.7%
3,65014,40620,021
1916R
−5.5%
4,4955,08110,637
1912D
+14.7%
3,9092,6068,858
1908R
−17.3%
3,6885,49010,404
1904R
−29.8%
2,5845,57310,021
1900R
−20.4%
3,8555,92510,151
1896R
−18.5%
3,9755,84910,153
1892R
−2.4%
3,7503,9568,564
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
8.4%
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
9.5%
Other Christian
5.0%
Baptist
2.6%
Methodist
1.8%
Non-Christian
1.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Racine County anchors Wisconsin's southeastern industrial lakeshore, where a working-class electorate once reliably Democratic has shifted steadily rightward over the past decade, moving from a 2012 Obama win to a 6-point Republican margin in 2024.

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

Racine County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 72% non-Hispanic-white share, a 10% poverty rate, and a median household income of $78,096 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hill County and Marshall County.