Portage County, Wisconsin presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Portage County by 1.2 points, out of 43,171 votes for president.

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

2024

Wisconsin 2024

Ticket	Votes	Share
Kamala Harris DEM	21,503	49.8%
Donald J. Trump REP	20,987	48.6%
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. / Nicole Shanahan (NP)	244	0.6%
Chase Russell Oliver / Mike ter Maat (LIB)	149	0.3%
Jill Stein / Rudolph Ware (WGR)	130	0.3%
Cornel West / Melina Abdullah (NP)	69	0.2%
Randall Terry / Stephen Broden (CON)	51	0.1%
Claudia De la Cruz / Karina Garcia (NP)	25	0.1%
Peter Sonski / Lauren Onak (NP, write-in)	13	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%
Future Madam Potus / Jessica Kennedy (NP, write-in)	0	0.0%
André Ramone McNeil, Sr. (NP, write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	43,258

Portage County was D+1.2 against R+0.9 statewide, 2.1 points more Democratic 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
Joseph R. Biden DEM	20,428	50.4%
Donald J. Trump REP	19,299	47.6%
Jo Jorgensen / Jeremy Spike Cohen (IND)	640	1.6%
Don Blankenship / William Mohr (CON)	67	0.2%
Brian Carroll / Amar Patel (IND)	67	0.2%
Howie Hawkins / Angela Walker (IND, write-in)	31	0.1%
Gloria La Riva / Sunil Freeman (IND, write-in)	2	0.0%
Jade Simmons / Claudeliah J. Roze (IND, write-in)	1	0.0%
Mark Charles / Adrian Wallace (IND, write-in)	1	0.0%
Kasey Wells / Rachel Wells (IND, write-in)	0	0.0%
President R19 Boddie / Eric Stoneham (IND, write-in)	0	0.0%
Kanye West / Michelle Tidball (IND, write-in)	0	0.0%
Total	40,603

Portage County was D+2.8 against D+0.6 statewide, 2.2 points more Democratic 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
Hillary Clinton DEM	18,529	48.4%
Donald J. Trump REP	17,305	45.2%
Gary Johnson LIB	1,493	3.9%
Jill Stein / Ajamu Baraka (WGR)	583	1.5%
Darrell L. Castle / Scott N. Bradley (CON)	157	0.4%
Evan McMullin / Nathan Johnson (write-in) (IND)	134	0.4%
Rocky Roque De La Fuente / Michael Steinberg (IND)	24	0.1%
Monica Moorehead / Lamont Lilly (IND)	18	0.0%
Michael A. Maturen / Juan Munoz (write-in) (IND)	4	0.0%
Tom Hoefling / Steve Schulin (write-in) (IND)	4	0.0%
Chris Keniston / Deacon Taylor (write-in) (IND)	1	0.0%
Cherunda Fox / Roger Kushner (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%
Joseph Maldonado (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Emidio Soltysik / Angela Nicole Walker (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Total	38,589

Portage County was D+3.2 against R+0.8 statewide, 4.0 points more Democratic 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
Barack Obama DEM	22,075	56.1%
Mitt Romney REP	16,615	42.2%
All other candidates	647	1.6%
Total	39,337

Portage County was D+13.9 against D+6.8 statewide, 7.1 points more Democratic 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
Barack Obama DEM	24,817	63.0%
John McCain REP	13,810	35.0%
All other candidates	795	2.0%
Total	39,422

Portage County was D+28.0 against D+13.9 statewide, 14.1 points more Democratic 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
John Kerry DEM	21,861	56.1%
George W. Bush REP	16,546	42.5%
All other candidates	554	1.4%
Total	38,961

Portage County was D+13.6 against D+0.4 statewide, 13.2 points more Democratic 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
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	17,942	53.1%
George W. Bush REP	13,214	39.1%
All other candidates	2,604	7.7%
Total	33,760

Portage County was D+14.0 against D+0.2 statewide, 13.8 points more Democratic 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 Portage County, Wisconsin in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Portage County by 1.2 points, out of 43,171 votes counted for president.

Is Portage County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 1.2 points; 2020: Democratic by 2.8 points; 2016: Democratic by 3.2 points; 2012: Democratic by 13.9 points; 2008: Democratic by 28.0 points; 2004: Democratic by 13.6 points; 2000: Democratic by 14.0 points.

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

In 2024 it was 2.1 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Democratic by 1.2 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