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1876–2024
Shawano County, Wisconsin
Shawano County·Wisconsin

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

A rural Wisconsin county where Republican margins have widened each cycle since 2008

18762024·38 elections
Shawano County, Wisconsin · Royalbroil · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+36
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
41,039
2024 ACS
Most similar
Waushara County
WI · similarity 0.99
43 precincts · 23,500 votes cast
Trump · R+36
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−36.2%
7,33615,85023,500
2020R
−35.6%
7,13115,17322,615
2016R
−33.8%
6,06812,76919,810
2012R
−10.0%
9,00011,02220,279
2008D
+3.6%
10,2599,53820,089
2004R
−16.6%
8,65712,15020,999
2000R
−12.6%
7,3359,54817,603
1996D
+2.9%
6,8506,39615,500
1992R
−6.6%
6,0627,25317,952
1988R
−11.8%
6,5878,36215,047
1984R
−31.8%
5,46910,63516,225
1980R
−27.7%
5,4109,92216,276
1976R
−11.3%
6,7518,50515,566
1972R
−37.0%
3,9408,80713,142
1968R
−36.6%
3,6028,44413,245
1964D
+0.3%
6,5606,51913,105
1960R
−34.5%
4,7349,73414,489
1956R
−43.5%
3,6759,38813,122
1952R
−53.8%
3,33411,13114,501
1948R
−19.6%
4,1926,28610,659
1944R
−36.8%
4,0158,73212,811
1940R
−9.6%
5,2416,37711,774
1936D
+40.1%
8,8653,67912,925
1932D
+49.6%
7,5932,45010,367
1928R
−15.7%
3,7795,1989,065
1924R
−17.8%
4712,0638,965
1920R
−67.0%
5255,8367,925
1916R
−41.2%
1,3673,4154,970
1912D
+2.8%
1,6611,5354,523
1908R
−30.5%
1,7503,3495,241
1904R
−48.2%
1,2393,6845,077
1900R
−36.1%
1,5043,2434,819
1896R
−30.5%
1,5943,0354,730
1892D
+19.5%
2,0401,3233,685
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
28.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
19.5%
Other Christian
5.4%
Methodist
1.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Baptist
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Shawano's economy blends dairy farming, timber, and the Menominee Nation's reservation lands, producing an electorate that has shifted steadily rightward over the past decade and delivered a 36-point Republican margin in 2024.

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

Shawano County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,479, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 41,039 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 Waushara County and Blackford County.