Rusk County, Wisconsin presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Rusk County by 38.0 points, out of 8,265 votes for president.

Rusk 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	5,660	68.5%
Kamala Harris DEM	2,516	30.4%
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. / Nicole Shanahan (NP)	36	0.4%
Jill Stein / Rudolph Ware (WGR)	19	0.2%
Chase Russell Oliver / Mike ter Maat (LIB)	15	0.2%
Randall Terry / Stephen Broden (CON)	14	0.2%
Peter Sonski / Lauren Onak (NP, write-in)	4	0.0%
Cornel West / Melina Abdullah (NP)	1	0.0%
Claudia De la Cruz / Karina Garcia (NP)	0	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	8,270

Rusk County was R+38.1 against R+0.9 statewide, 37.2 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	5,257	66.7%
Joseph R. Biden DEM	2,517	31.9%
Jo Jorgensen / Jeremy Spike Cohen (IND)	85	1.1%
Don Blankenship / William Mohr (CON)	12	0.2%
Brian Carroll / Amar Patel (IND)	8	0.1%
Kanye West / Michelle Tidball (IND, write-in)	2	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%
Howie Hawkins / Angela Walker (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	7,886

Rusk County was R+34.8 against D+0.6 statewide, 35.4 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	4,564	64.6%
Hillary Clinton DEM	2,171	30.7%
Gary Johnson LIB	197	2.8%
Jill Stein / Ajamu Baraka (WGR)	63	0.9%
Darrell L. Castle / Scott N. Bradley (CON)	44	0.6%
Evan McMullin / Nathan Johnson (write-in) (IND)	14	0.2%
Michael A. Maturen / Juan Munoz (write-in) (IND)	6	0.1%
Monica Moorehead / Lamont Lilly (IND)	5	0.1%
Rocky Roque De La Fuente / Michael Steinberg (IND)	3	0.0%
Cherunda Fox / Roger Kushner (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Marshall Schoenke / James Creighton Mitchell Jr. (write-in) (IND)	0	0.0%
Chris Keniston / Deacon Taylor (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	7,088

Rusk County was R+33.9 against R+0.8 statewide, 33.1 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	3,676	51.1%
Barack Obama DEM	3,397	47.2%
All other candidates	118	1.6%
Total	7,191

Rusk County was R+3.9 against D+6.8 statewide, 10.7 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)

2008

Wisconsin 2008

Ticket	Votes	Share
Barack Obama DEM	3,855	53.0%
John McCain REP	3,253	44.7%
All other candidates	164	2.3%
Total	7,272

Rusk County was D+8.3 against D+13.9 statewide, 5.6 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	3,985	50.3%
John Kerry DEM	3,820	48.2%
All other candidates	122	1.5%
Total	7,927

Rusk County was R+2.1 against D+0.4 statewide, 2.5 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	3,758	51.0%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	3,161	42.9%
All other candidates	447	6.1%
Total	7,366

Rusk County was R+8.1 against D+0.2 statewide, 8.3 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 Rusk County, Wisconsin in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Rusk County by 38.0 points, out of 8,265 votes counted for president.

Is Rusk County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 38.1 points; 2020: Republican by 34.8 points; 2016: Republican by 33.9 points; 2012: Republican by 3.9 points; 2008: Democratic by 8.3 points; 2004: Republican by 2.1 points; 2000: Republican by 8.1 points.

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

In 2024 it was 37.2 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 38.1 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