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Wisconsin

State facts

people (ACS)
5,914,872
House seats
8
president 2024
R +0.9
Democrat

Governor Tony Evers

Senators: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican. House members: 2 Democrats, 6 Republicans.

Districts

8 House districts (2024 lines), 33 State Senate districts and 99 Assembly districts. Each district has its own page: who holds it, who lives there and how it has voted.

Choose a district on the map or in the table. House districts follow the lines their members were elected on; state legislative districts are the ones drawn for 2024.

Wisconsin: U.S. House, 2024 lines

8 districts

U.S. House, 2024 lines districts of Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s 1stBryan SteilR733,9172022
Wisconsin’s 2ndMark PocanD748,5502022
Wisconsin’s 3rdDerrick Van OrdenR739,5732022
Wisconsin’s 4thGwen MooreD725,4862022
Wisconsin’s 5thScott FitzgeraldR742,8082022
Wisconsin’s 6thGlenn GrothmanR738,8972022
Wisconsin’s 7thThomas TiffanyR743,2432022
Wisconsin’s 8thTony WiedR742,3982022

Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files (2025; 2026 lines from TIGER/Line 2026).

Notes

Districts are filled by the party of the officials on this site who hold them; a hatched district has no one here today or is shared by members of more than one party. “Lines since” is the first general election held on the district’s lines: results before it describe a different place.

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Who represents it

2 senators, 8 House members and a governor on this site, and 132 state legislators.

Each name links to the official’s profile: what they say, how they vote, their ideology and money.

Governor and senators

The House delegation

8 members, by district

The state legislature

Officials on this site by chamber and party

State legislators on this site by chamber and party
ChamberDemocratsRepublicansOthers
State Senate15180
Assembly44550

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Elections

2024 presidential vote: R +0.9. 48.8% Democratic, 49.7% Republican.

Results from Candidates in American General Elections (CAGE): certified from 1990 to 2024, and 2026 as it is counted (unofficial, from NYT and NBC reporting, until certified). Shares are of all votes cast.

U.S. Senate

2024

2024 general election: candidates by votes
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tammy BaldwinwonincumbentD1,672,77749.4%
Eric HovdeR1,643,99648.5%
Phil AndersonOther42,3151.2%
Thomas LeagerOther28,7510.8%

Certified results. Source: CAGE.

Earlier

  • 2022: Ron Johnson (R) won by 1.0 points
  • 2018: Tammy Baldwin (D) won by 10.8 points
  • 2016: Ron Johnson (R) won by 3.4 points
  • 2012: Tammy Baldwin (D) won by 5.6 points
  • 2010: Ron Johnson (R) won by 4.9 points

Governor

2026

2026 general election: candidates by votes
CandidatePartyVotesShare
David CrowleycalledD1,438,72154.1%
Tom TiffanyR1,221,66845.9%

Unofficial: about 99% of the expected vote counted; called by a network. Source: CAGE.

Earlier

  • 2022: Tony Evers (D) won by 3.4 points
  • 2018: Tony Evers (D) won by 1.1 points
  • 2014: Scott Walker (R) won by 5.7 points
  • 2010: Scott Walker (R) won by 5.8 points
  • 2006: Jim Doyle (D) won by 7.4 points

President

Statewide vote

Presidential vote in Wisconsin by year
YearDemocraticRepublicanMargin
202448.8%49.7%R +0.9
202049.6%48.9%D +0.6
201647.0%47.8%R +0.8
201253.4%46.5%D +6.9
200856.3%42.4%D +13.9
200449.7%49.4%D +0.4
200048.2%47.9%D +0.2
199649.6%39.1%D +10.5
199241.3%36.9%D +4.4

U.S. House

Seats won and the statewide House vote

House seats and vote in Wisconsin by year
YearD seatsR seatsD voteR vote
2026counting4456.0%43.4%
20242648.3%51.2%
20222640.3%55.8%
20203548.4%51.3%
20183553.4%45.8%
20163549.9%45.9%
20143546.8%52.4%
20123550.5%49.0%
20103543.9%54.5%
20085349.9%46.0%
20065348.7%50.5%
20044448.5%49.0%
20024441.5%54.5%
20005447.5%52.4%
19985445.6%52.7%
19965447.1%52.2%
19943637.6%61.3%
19924548.3%50.7%
19904547.6%52.0%

In 2026 the seats are the races called so far.

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Who lives there

5,914,872 people, by the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

Each figure beside the nation’s; ± is the 90 percent margin of error.

Wisconsin at a glance

ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimates

People

5,914,872

A Census Bureau estimate

Median age

40.2

±0.1 · United States 38.9

Median household income

$77,485

±$455 · United States $80,734

Race and ethnicity

Share of everyone; Hispanic or Latino people may be of any race, the other groups are not Hispanic

Show the data
Race and ethnicity: wisconsin beside United States
PartWisconsinUnited States
White78.6%57.4%
Black6.0%11.9%
Hispanic or Latino8.0%19.3%
Asian2.9%5.9%
Another race or more than one4.6%5.5%

Age, schooling, income and place

Wisconsin over United States; ± is the 90 percent margin of error

0%40%
Wisconsin
United States
±
Aged 65 and over
18.5%
17.2%
±0.1
Bachelor’s degree or moreadults 25 and over
33.4%
35.7%
±0.2
Below the poverty line
10.6%
12.4%
±0.1
Born outside the U.S.
5.2%
14.1%
±0.1
Veteranscivilian adults
6.2%
6.2%
±0.1
Living in rural areas2020 Census
32.9%
20.0%
Show the data
Shares of people: wisconsin beside United States
RowWisconsinUnited States
Aged 65 and over18.5%17.2%
Bachelor’s degree or more (adults 25+)33.4%35.7%
Below the poverty line10.6%12.4%
Born outside the U.S.5.2%14.1%
Veterans (adults)6.2%6.2%
Living in rural areas (2020 Census)32.9%20.0%

Source: ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates (Census Bureau); rural share from the 2020 Census.

About these figures

The figures from the American Community Survey are estimates from a sample, not a count. The ± beside each is its 90 percent margin of error: nine times in ten the true value lies within that range. In small districts the margins are wide, so a gap of a few points from United States may be noise. Shares are of everyone in the district, except education (adults 25 and over), poverty (people whose poverty status is known) and veterans (civilian adults).

These are the Census Bureau’s own estimates for the district; margins on shares are approximated from the counts’ margins.

The rural share counts the people living outside the urban areas the Census Bureau drew from the 2020 Census; it is a count, with no margin of error.

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Opinion

What Wisconsin’s adults think, estimated from the lab’s national survey.

Estimates for each state come from multilevel regression and poststratification (MRP): a model of every respondent’s answers by age, race, education, sex and their state’s 2024 vote, weighted to the state’s population. Rank 1 is the highest of the 51 states. See Public Opinion for the questions and the national trends.

Partisan animosity: Wisconsin’s estimates
Partisan animosityWIRankMedian state
Feelings gap between the parties51.8 50.4–53.02351.8
Very liberal or very conservative26% 24%–27%2426%
MAGA Republicans46% 43%–48%3647%
Political violence: Wisconsin’s estimates
Political violenceWIRankMedian state
Protesting without a permit30% 29%–32%2129%
Vandalism6.2% 5.5%–6.9%286.2%
Assault2.5% 2.0%–2.9%242.5%
Arson1.8% 1.5%–2.3%331.8%
Assault with a deadly weapon1.3% 1.0%–1.8%381.4%
Murder1.1% 0.8%–1.5%411.2%
Support for political violence (index)7.2% 6.7%–7.6%227.1%
Democratic norms: Wisconsin’s estimates
Democratic normsWIRankMedian state
Censoring hostile media15% 14%–16%4017%
Governing by executive order28% 26%–29%3629%
Ignoring court rulings10% 9.3%–11%4312%
Party over election rules11% 9.6%–12%4914%
Cutting polling stations5.5% 4.7%–6.3%487.0%
Accepting norm breaches (index)14% 13%–15%4516%
Issues: Wisconsin’s estimates
IssuesWIRankMedian state
The economy over the next six months31% 27%–34%4135%
The economy over the past six months24% 22%–26%4625%
Free speech is secure18% 16%–21%3820%
Amnesty for undocumented immigrants29% 26%–31%3130%
Deport immigrants here illegally51% 48%–55%2551%
Immigration is good for America68% 65%–72%1665%
More manufacturing jobs48% 45%–52%2748%
New tariffs33% 29%–38%2533%
New tariffs, if prices rise28% 24%–32%3029%
Notes

An estimate is uncertain, especially in small states: the 95% interval shows the range. Ranks between states whose intervals overlap mean little. Estimates as of Nov 3, 2026.

Back to topNext: What its officials say

What its officials say

4.3% of Wisconsin’s officials’ statements make personal attacks, against 4.7% nationwide.

An AI model reads each statement (posts on X, press releases, newsletters, floor speeches) and marks the kinds of statement it contains; a rate is the share of statements with that label, in the officials’ current terms. The Wisconsin dashboard has the trends, topics and leaders.

Rates of each kind of statement in Wisconsin and the nation
Kind of statementAll officialsMembers of CongressLegislators and governorNation
Personal attacks4.3%6.1%2.6%4.7%
Policy criticism21%29%13%16%
Policy discussion58%70%46%50%
Bipartisanship5.7%7.9%3.7%5.5%
Credit claiming19%24%13%19%
Extreme labels1.9%2.4%1.5%2.3%
Statements24,77312,16612,6071,724,578

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Ideology and lawmaking

10,289 bills in the Wisconsin legislature since 2019, 995 of them law (9.7%).

CSIP is the lab’s ideology score from roll calls, donations and text, on one scale for every official (0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition). The legislature’s party gap is measured within each chamber from its own roll calls, in standard deviations of its members’ positions. See Bills for every legislature.

CSIP medians

By party and level

Median CSIP score by party and level
OfficialsMediann
D in Congress-1.193
D governor-0.621
D in the legislature-0.6159
R in Congress1.167
R in the legislature0.7173

Party gap in the legislature

Latest term, from roll calls

Party gap by chamber and term
Chamber, termGap (SD)Members
State Senate, 2025-20261.9233
Assembly, 2025-20261.7799
State Senate, 2023-20242.1233
Assembly, 2023-20242.0099

Bills

State legislature, 2019 on

10,289

bills introduced

995 became law (9.7%)

The most bills are on Health (13% of those with an area).

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Money

36% of itemized gifts to its members of Congress came from inside Wisconsin; 85% of itemized gifts to its state officials came from inside Wisconsin (latest cycle).

Itemized donations are individual gifts over $200 a cycle, the only ones reported with an address; totals and shares count those only. Aggregates only: no donor is named.

Members of Congress

2026 cycle · 10 officials · $9.6M itemized

Where itemized donations came from
Donors inShare
Wisconsin36%
California8.0%
Texas7.1%
Florida6.6%
Virginia4.0%

State officials

2026 cycle · 131 officials · $10.0M itemized

Where itemized donations came from
Donors inShare
Wisconsin85%
California3.1%
Illinois1.4%
New York1.4%
Massachusetts1.1%

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Threats and violence

2 federal prosecutions for threatening officials in Wisconsin, 45 threats or harassment of local officials since 2022, and 11 political violence events in the lab’s record.

Separate records, never added together: prosecutions the Justice Department announced (not every threat), the Bridging Divides Initiative’s record of threats and harassment against local officials, the lab’s record of political violence, the FBI’s hate crime statistics and the Crowd Counting Consortium’s protests. The Political Violence page has each record in full.

1.8

hate crimes per 100,000 (2025)

Agencies covering 98% of residents reported

2,144

protests in the last 12 months

2025-06 to 2026-05; 35.9 per 100,000

2

threat prosecutions announced

Justice Department press releases, 2010 on

Hate crimes reported to the FBI

Incidents per year

501001991: 41 incidents1992: 67 incidents1993: 19 incidents1994: 40 incidents1995: 45 incidents1996: 43 incidents1997: 50 incidents1998: 0 incidents1999: 49 incidents2000: 47 incidents2001: 61 incidents2002: 34 incidents2003: 31 incidents2004: 38 incidents2005: 45 incidents2006: 85 incidents2007: 69 incidents2008: 95 incidents2009: 54 incidents2010: 93 incidents2011: 79 incidents2012: 69 incidents2013: 50 incidents2014: 52 incidents2015: 43 incidents2016: 39 incidents2017: 42 incidents2018: 48 incidents2019: 47 incidents2020: 97 incidents2021: 119 incidents2022: 147 incidents2023: 141 incidents2024: 119 incidents2025: 108 incidents0147 in 202210819912000201020202025
Notes

Reporting is voluntary: a year’s count rises and falls with the number of police agencies that took part, not only with crime. Few agencies reported in the early 1990s, and in 2021 the FBI took reports only through its incident-based system (NIBRS), which many agencies had not yet joined. The Political Violence page has each year’s coverage.

Where people protested

Counties with the most protest events, last 12 months

Protest events by county
Milwaukee County520
Dane County301
Wood County98
Winnebago County80
Outagamie County73

Crowd Counting Consortium (CC0).

Back to topNext: Files

Files and sources

Every figure on this page is in the bulk files and the data API.

The state facts file has one row per state and every series by year or month, with the state boundaries; the API serves this state at /v1/states/WI. Sources: the Census Bureau (people, boundaries), Candidates in American General Elections and MIT Election Data and Science Lab (elections), the lab’s survey, the FBI, the Crowd Counting Consortium, the Justice Department, the Bridging Divides Initiative and the Global Terrorism Database. Credits and terms are on Open data.

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