2022 population: 496,719
( 7,600 from 2010
,
2,304 from 2020)
Land area: 12446.9 square miles
Population density: 39.9 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 448,528 | 90.30% | ![]() |
Black: | 4,326 | 0.87% | ![]() |
Indian: | 6,390 | 1.29% | ![]() |
Asian: | 13,847 | 2.79% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 7,104 | 1.43% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 16,524 | 3.33% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 48,191 | 9.70% | ![]() |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
---|---|---|
Births: | 10,620 | 10.7 |
Deaths: | 13,196 | 13.3 |
Net Migration: ![]() | 4,449 | 4.5 |
Net Immigration: ![]() | 361 | 0.4 |
Change in White population: | -5,113 | -1.0 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 12,713 | 2.6 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +20,908 | R +6,259 | D + 0.3% | |
D +14,649 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +34,112 | R +47,758 | R + 17.2% | |
D -13,646 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +53,443 | R +83,876 | R + 31.5% | |
D -30,433 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +32,535 | R +77,617 | R + 31.8% | |
D -45,082 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) ![]() | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 71% | Donald Trump* (R) | 164,343 | 58.7% | Joe Biden (D) | 110,654 | 39.5% | 4,786 [+] | 1.7% | 279,783 | 12 | 0.18% |
2016 | 66% | Donald Trump (R) | 143,435 | 56.5% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 96,005 | 37.8% | 14,568 [+] | 5.7% | 254,008 | 11 | 0.19% |
2012 | 68% | Mitt Romney (R) | 130,231 | 50.5% | Barack Obama* (D) | 124,300 | 48.2% | 3,571 [+] | 1.4% | 258,102 | 3 | 0.20% |
2008 | 68% | Barack Obama (D) | 141,087 | 54.9% | John McCain (R) | 110,900 | 43.2% | 4,855 [+] | 1.9% | 256,842 | -2 | 0.20% |
2004 | 71% | George W. Bush* (R) | 134,358 | 51.3% | John Kerry (D) | 124,215 | 47.5% | 3,097 [+] | 1.2% | 261,670 | 1 | 0.21% |
2000 | 64% | George W. Bush (R) | 112,949 | 49.0% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 104,730 | 45.5% | 12,697 [+] | 5.5% | 230,376 | 1 | 0.22% |
1996 | 59% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 96,044 | 47.0% | Robert Dole (R) | 75,106 | 36.8% | 33,080 [+] | 16.2% | 204,230 | -4 | 0.21% |
1992 | 69% | Bill Clinton (D) | 88,935 | 38.9% | George Bush* (R) | 81,103 | 35.5% | 58,670 [+] | 25.7% | 228,708 | -2 | 0.22% |
1988 | 62% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 99,489 | 50.2% | George Bush (R) | 97,410 | 49.1% | 1,428 [+] | 0.7% | 198,327 | -4 | 0.22% |
1984 | 65% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 113,948 | 57.0% | Walter Mondale (D) | 83,225 | 41.6% | 2,754 | 1.4% | 199,927 | -2 | 0.22% |
1980 | 71% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 103,401 | 48.4% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 93,308 | 43.7% | 16,933 [+] | 7.9% | 213,642 | -2 | 0.25% |
1976 | 72% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 97,928 | 51.6% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 87,268 | 46.0% | 4,670 [+] | 2.5% | 189,866 | -2 | 0.23% |
1972 | 67% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 87,397 | 52.8% | George McGovern (D) | 70,484 | 42.6% | 7,511 [+] | 4.5% | 165,392 | -8 | 0.21% |
1968 | 69% | Richard Nixon (R) | 68,043 | 46.2% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 66,260 | 45.0% | 12,904 [+] | 8.8% | 147,207 | 3 | 0.20% |
1964 | 71% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 94,564 | 64.5% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 51,805 | 35.3% | 228 | 0.2% | 146,597 | -3 | 0.21% |
1960 | 77% | Richard Nixon (R) | 81,735 | 53.3% | John Kennedy (D) | 71,338 | 46.5% | 240 | 0.2% | 153,313 | 4 | 0.22% |
1956 | 67% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 87,982 | 62.2% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 52,798 | 37.3% | 723 | 0.5% | 141,503 | 5 | 0.23% |
1952 | 70% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 90,607 | 62.4% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 54,008 | 37.2% | 666 | 0.5% | 145,281 | 7 | 0.24% |
1948 | 58% | Harry Truman* (D) | 61,443 | 51.7% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 53,847 | 45.3% | 3,554 [+] | 3.0% | 118,844 | 0 | 0.24% |
1944 | 60% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 63,765 | 51.7% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 58,287 | 47.3% | 1,239 | 1.0% | 123,291 | 6 | 0.26% |
1940 | 67% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 68,414 | 49.5% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 67,742 | 49.1% | 1,940 | 1.4% | 138,096 | 5 | 0.28% |
1936 | 66% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 79,458 | 64.3% | Alf Landon (R) | 37,078 | 30.0% | 7,011 [+] | 5.7% | 123,547 | -6 | 0.27% |
1932 | 62% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 76,542 | 69.0% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 30,693 | 27.7% | 3,671 [+] | 3.3% | 110,906 | -12 | 0.28% |
1928 | 58% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 51,733 | 52.3% | Al Smith (D) | 45,749 | 46.3% | 1,379 [+] | 1.4% | 98,861 | -6 | 0.27% |
1924 | 53% | Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 53,064 | 59.7% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 27,721 | 31.2% | 8,161 [+] | 9.2% | 88,946 | -23 | 0.31% |
1920 | 44% | Warren Harding (R) | 50,657 | 70.2% | James Cox (D) | 11,832 | 16.4% | 9,719 [+] | 13.5% | 72,208 | 10 | 0.27% |
1916 | 31% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 25,301 | 54.1% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 18,991 | 40.6% | 2,509 [+] | 5.4% | 46,801 | 8 | 0.25% |
1912 | 30% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 17,229 | 41.2% | William Taft* (R) | 14,192 | 33.9% | 10,385 [+] | 24.8% | 41,806 | 11 | 0.28% |
1908 | 38% | William Taft (R) | 27,686 | 57.8% | William J. Bryan (D) | 17,672 | 36.9% | 2,532 [+] | 5.3% | 47,890 | 6 | 0.32% |
1904 | 41% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 32,881 | 69.6% | Alton Parker (D) | 12,380 | 26.2% | 1,954 [+] | 4.1% | 47,215 | 13 | 0.35% |
1900 | 42% | William McKinley* (R) | 27,304 | 62.5% | William J. Bryan (D) | 15,419 | 35.3% | 986 [+] | 2.3% | 43,709 | 11 | 0.31% |
2020 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 110,654 | 39.5% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 164,343 | 58.7% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 3,183 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 1,603 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 279,783 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 96,005 | 37.8% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 143,435 | 56.5% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 8,464 | 3.3% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 2,512 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 650 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 2,942 | 1.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 254,008 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 124,300 | 48.2% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 130,231 | 50.5% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 1,644 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 1,927 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 258,102 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 141,087 | 54.9% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 110,900 | 43.2% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,939 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 992 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,924 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 256,842 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 134,358 | 51.3% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 124,215 | 47.5% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,923 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 1,174 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 261,670 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 112,949 | 49.0% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 104,730 | 45.5% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 9,223 | 4.0% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 2,230 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Other | 1,244 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 230,376 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 96,044 | 47.0% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 75,106 | 36.8% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 29,236 | 14.3% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 2,132 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 555 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,157 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 204,230 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 88,935 | 38.9% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 81,103 | 35.5% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 57,107 | 25.0% | ||||||||
Other | 1,563 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 228,708 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 97,410 | 49.1% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 99,489 | 50.2% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 412 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 1,016 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 198,327 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 113,948 | 57.0% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 83,225 | 41.6% | ||||||||
Other | 2,754 | 1.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 199,927 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 103,401 | 48.4% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 93,308 | 43.7% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 12,391 | 5.8% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 3,491 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Other | 1,051 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 213,642 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 97,928 | 51.6% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 87,268 | 46.0% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 3,118 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Other | 1,552 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 189,866 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 87,397 | 52.8% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 70,484 | 42.6% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 7,181 | 4.3% | ||||||||
Other | 330 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 165,392 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 68,043 | 46.2% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 66,260 | 45.0% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 12,581 | 8.5% | ||||||||
Other | 323 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 147,207 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 94,564 | 64.5% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 51,805 | 35.3% | ||||||||
Other | 228 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 146,597 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 71,338 | 46.5% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 81,735 | 53.3% | ||||||||
Other | 240 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 153,313 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 87,982 | 62.2% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 52,798 | 37.3% | ||||||||
Other | 723 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 141,503 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 90,607 | 62.4% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 54,008 | 37.2% | ||||||||
Other | 666 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 145,281 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 61,443 | 51.7% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 53,847 | 45.3% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 2,625 | 2.2% | ||||||||
Other | 929 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 118,844 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 58,287 | 47.3% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 63,765 | 51.7% | ||||||||
Other | 1,239 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 123,291 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 67,742 | 49.1% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 68,414 | 49.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1,940 | 1.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 138,096 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 79,458 | 64.3% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 37,078 | 30.0% | ||||||||
William Lemke (Union) | 5,822 | 4.7% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 678 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 511 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 123,547 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 76,542 | 69.0% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 30,693 | 27.7% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 2,892 | 2.6% | ||||||||
Other | 779 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 110,906 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 51,733 | 52.3% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 45,749 | 46.3% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 897 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 482 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 98,861 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 27,721 | 31.2% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 7,120 | 8.0% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 53,064 | 59.7% | ||||||||
Other | 1,041 | 1.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 88,946 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 50,657 | 70.2% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 11,832 | 16.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 8,895 | 12.3% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 824 | 1.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 72,208 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 18,991 | 40.6% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 25,301 | 54.1% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 1,881 | 4.0% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 628 | 1.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 46,801 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 17,229 | 41.2% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 7,054 | 16.9% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 14,192 | 33.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 2,431 | 5.8% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 800 | 1.9% | ||||||||
Other | 100 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 41,806 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 27,686 | 57.8% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 17,672 | 36.9% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,595 | 3.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 929 | 1.9% | ||||||||
Other | 8 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 47,890 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 32,881 | 69.6% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 12,380 | 26.2% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 699 | 1.5% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 757 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 30 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 468 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 47,215 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Wausau-Rhinelander, WI Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 27,304 | 62.5% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 15,419 | 35.3% | ||||||||
John Woolley (Proh) | 757 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 159 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 70 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 43,709 | |||||||||
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