Polk County, Wisconsin presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Polk County by 30.9 points, out of 28,222 votes for president.

Polk County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

Wisconsin 2024

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump REP	18,296	64.8%
Kamala Harris DEM	9,567	33.9%
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. / Nicole Shanahan (NP)	136	0.5%
Chase Russell Oliver / Mike ter Maat (LIB)	86	0.3%
Jill Stein / Rudolph Ware (WGR)	65	0.2%
Randall Terry / Stephen Broden (CON)	47	0.2%
Claudia De la Cruz / Karina Garcia (NP)	12	0.0%
Peter Sonski / Lauren Onak (NP, write-in)	9	0.0%
Cornel West / Melina Abdullah (NP)	3	0.0%
Future Madam Potus / Jessica Kennedy (NP, write-in)	1	0.0%
Cherunda Lynn Fox (NP, write-in)	0	0.0%
Brian Kienitz (NP, write-in)	0	0.0%
Doug Jenkins / Kimberly LaLonde (NP, write-in)	0	0.0%
André Ramone McNeil, Sr. (NP, write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	28,222

Polk County was R+30.9 against R+0.9 statewide, 30.0 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission, WEC Canvass Reporting System, County by County Report, 2024 General Election, President of the United States (6 pages, generated 11/27/2024)

2020

Wisconsin 2020

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump REP	16,611	63.0%
Joseph R. Biden DEM	9,370	35.5%
Jo Jorgensen / Jeremy Spike Cohen (IND)	289	1.1%
Don Blankenship / William Mohr (CON)	53	0.2%
Brian Carroll / Amar Patel (IND)	36	0.1%
Howie Hawkins / Angela Walker (IND, write-in)	11	0.0%
Kanye West / Michelle Tidball (IND, write-in)	1	0.0%
Kasey Wells / Rachel Wells (IND, write-in)	0	0.0%
Jade Simmons / Claudeliah J. Roze (IND, write-in)	0	0.0%
President R19 Boddie / Eric Stoneham (IND, write-in)	0	0.0%
Gloria La Riva / Sunil Freeman (IND, write-in)	0	0.0%
Mark Charles / Adrian Wallace (IND, write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	26,371

Polk County was R+27.5 against D+0.6 statewide, 28.1 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission, Statement of Canvass for President, Vice President and Presidential Electors, General Election November 3, 2020 (signed November 30, 2020) with the WEC Canvass Reporting System County by County Report (pages 2-7); scanned, no text layer

2016

Wisconsin 2016

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump REP	13,810	60.9%
Hillary Clinton DEM	7,565	33.4%
Gary Johnson LIB	885	3.9%
Jill Stein / Ajamu Baraka (WGR)	232	1.0%
Darrell L. Castle / Scott N. Bradley (CON)	107	0.5%
Evan McMullin / Nathan Johnson (write-in) (IND)	30	0.1%
Monica Moorehead / Lamont Lilly (IND)	18	0.1%
Rocky Roque De La Fuente / Michael Steinberg (IND)	17	0.1%
Chris Keniston / Deacon Taylor (write-in) (IND)	3	0.0%
Cherunda Fox / Roger Kushner (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen / Juan Munoz (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Marshall Schoenke / James Creighton Mitchell Jr. (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Laurence Kotlikoff / Edward E. Leamer (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Tom Hoefling / Steve Schulin (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Joseph Maldonado (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Emidio Soltysik / Angela Nicole Walker (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Total	22,745

Polk County was R+27.5 against R+0.8 statewide, 26.7 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Wisconsin Elections Commission, WEC Canvass Reporting System, County by County Report, 2016 General Election, President of the United States (2 pages, generated 12/13/2016)

2012

Wisconsin 2012

Ticket	Votes	Share
Mitt Romney REP	12,094	53.6%
Barack Obama DEM	10,073	44.6%
All other candidates	406	1.8%
Total	22,573

Polk County was R+9.0 against D+6.8 statewide, 15.8 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2008

Wisconsin 2008

Ticket	Votes	Share
John McCain REP	11,282	49.8%
Barack Obama DEM	10,876	48.0%
All other candidates	485	2.1%
Total	22,643

Polk County was R+1.8 against D+13.9 statewide, 15.7 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2004

Wisconsin 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	12,095	51.5%
John Kerry DEM	11,173	47.5%
All other candidates	235	1.0%
Total	23,503

Polk County was R+4.0 against D+0.4 statewide, 4.4 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2000

Wisconsin 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	9,557	48.4%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	8,961	45.3%
All other candidates	1,244	6.3%
Total	19,762

Polk County was R+3.1 against D+0.2 statewide, 3.3 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

Questions and answers

Who won Polk County, Wisconsin in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Polk County by 30.9 points, out of 28,222 votes counted for president.

Is Polk County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 30.9 points; 2020: Republican by 27.5 points; 2016: Republican by 27.5 points; 2012: Republican by 9.0 points; 2008: Republican by 1.8 points; 2004: Republican by 4.0 points; 2000: Republican by 3.1 points.

How does Polk County vote compared with the rest of Wisconsin?

In 2024 it was 30.0 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 30.9 points against Republican by 0.9 points statewide).

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data