Election Results for Appleton, WI Metro Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	5,738	11.8
Deaths:	4,819	9.9
Net Migration:	514	1.1
Net Immigration:	201	0.4

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2024 vs. 2020	R +3,774	R +1,192	R + 0.3%
D +2,582
2024 vs. 2016	R +15,069	R +414	D + 2.9%
D +14,655
2020 vs. 2016	R +11,295	D +778	D + 3.2%
D +12,073
2024 vs. 2012	R +18,404	R +13,187	R + 8.6%
D +5,217

2016 vs. 2008	R +12,847	R +28,726	R + 25.2%
D -15,879
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2024	77%	Donald Trump (R)	80,315	55.4%	Kamala Harris (D)	62,365	43.1%	2,168 [+]	1.5%	144,848	6	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 2024: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (I) 800 (0.6%); Chase Oliver (Lbt) 557 (0.4%); Jill Stein (Grn) 389 (0.3%);
2020	74%	Donald Trump* (R)	76,541	55.1%	Joe Biden (D)	59,783	43.1%	2,472 [+]	1.8%	138,796	8	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 1,932 (1.4%);
2016	68%	Donald Trump (R)	65,246	54.1%	Hillary Clinton (D)	47,710	39.6%	7,572 [+]	6.3%	120,528	8	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 4,987 (4.1%); Jill Stein (Grn) 1,190 (1.0%); Evan McMullin (I) 586 (0.5%);
2012	71%	Mitt Romney (R)	61,911	51.2%	Barack Obama* (D)	57,148	47.2%	1,957 [+]	1.6%	121,016	4	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 1,185 (1.0%);
2008	72%	Barack Obama (D)	63,589	53.9%	John McCain (R)	52,399	44.4%	2,049 [+]	1.7%	118,037	-1	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 807 (0.7%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 482 (0.4%);
2004	75%	George W. Bush* (R)	63,624	55.2%	John Kerry (D)	50,459	43.8%	1,243 [+]	1.1%	115,326	4	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 680 (0.6%);
2000	66%	George W. Bush (R)	50,297	52.6%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	40,937	42.8%	4,455 [+]	4.7%	95,689	5	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 3,241 (3.4%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 624 (0.7%);
1996	59%	Bill Clinton* (D)	35,755	44.0%	Robert Dole (R)	34,807	42.9%	10,626 [+]	13.1%	81,188	2	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 9,347 (11.5%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 596 (0.7%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 293 (0.4%);
1992	71%	George Bush* (R)	37,911	41.5%	Bill Clinton (D)	29,436	32.2%	23,965 [+]	26.2%	91,312	4	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 23,534 (25.8%);
1988	63%	George Bush (R)	41,220	54.2%	Michael Dukakis (D)	34,252	45.1%	514 [+]	0.7%	75,986	1	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 124 (0.2%);
1984	62%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	45,743	64.5%	Walter Mondale (D)	24,526	34.6%	602	0.8%	70,871	6	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	68%	Ronald Reagan (R)	39,385	53.4%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	26,320	35.7%	8,029 [+]	10.9%	73,734	3	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 6,799 (9.2%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 981 (1.3%);
1976	68%	Gerald Ford* (R)	34,952	53.2%	Jimmy Carter (D)	29,320	44.7%	1,367 [+]	2.1%	65,639	5	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 991 (1.5%);
1972	62%	Richard Nixon* (R)	33,979	59.0%	George McGovern (D)	22,251	38.7%	1,320 [+]	2.3%	57,550	-2	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 1,139 (2.0%);
1968	65%	Richard Nixon (R)	30,872	58.8%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	17,833	33.9%	3,831 [+]	7.3%	52,536	15	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 3,748 (7.1%);
1964	65%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	26,912	54.4%	Barry Goldwater (R)	22,500	45.5%	60	0.1%	49,472	7	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	73%	Richard Nixon (R)	29,312	57.5%	John Kennedy (D)	21,599	42.3%	97	0.2%	51,008	8	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	61%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	32,256	76.1%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	9,824	23.2%	305	0.7%	42,385	19	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	70%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	33,243	74.5%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	11,343	25.4%	49	0.1%	44,635	19	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	58%	Thomas Dewey (R)	20,346	58.8%	Harry Truman* (D)	13,895	40.2%	340 [+]	1.0%	34,581	14	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 183 (0.5%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	64%	Thomas Dewey (R)	23,905	66.4%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	11,921	33.1%	189	0.5%	36,015	20	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	71%	Wendell Willkie (R)	23,060	61.0%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	14,492	38.3%	240	0.6%	37,792	16	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	72%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	20,857	60.5%	Alf Landon (R)	11,457	33.2%	2,163 [+]	6.3%	34,477	-3	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 2,066 (6.0%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 64 (0.2%);
1932	69%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	21,671	67.9%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	9,730	30.5%	502 [+]	1.6%	31,903	-9	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 436 (1.4%);
1928	73%	Al Smith (D)	16,345	52.2%	Herbert Hoover (R)	14,783	47.2%	159 [+]	0.5%	31,287	-11	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 100 (0.3%);
1924	56%	Robert LaFollette (Prog)	13,860	59.7%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	7,364	31.7%	1,982 [+]	8.5%	23,206	-22	0.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: John Davis (D) 1,824 (7.9%);
1920	50%	Warren Harding (R)	14,870	75.6%	James Cox (D)	3,707	18.8%	1,104 [+]	5.6%	19,681	15	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 925 (4.7%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 179 (0.9%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 0 (0.0%);
1916	36%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	7,281	54.1%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	5,824	43.2%	365 [+]	2.7%	13,470	8	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 240 (1.8%); James Hanly (Proh) 125 (0.9%);
1912	31%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	5,505	49.5%	William Taft* (R)	3,315	29.8%	2,312 [+]	20.8%	11,132	7	0.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) 1,856 (16.7%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 277 (2.5%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 172 (1.5%);
1908	40%	William Taft (R)	6,655	50.8%	William J. Bryan (D)	5,997	45.8%	454 [+]	3.5%	13,106	-1	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 239 (1.8%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 203 (1.5%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 0 (0.0%);
1904	38%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	7,685	61.5%	Alton Parker (D)	4,401	35.2%	418 [+]	3.3%	12,504	5	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Eugene Debs (Soc) 230 (1.8%); Silas Swallow (Proh) 174 (1.4%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 12 (0.1%);
1900	41%	William McKinley* (R)	6,876	52.4%	William J. Bryan (D)	5,918	45.1%	333 [+]	2.5%	13,127	1	0.09%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 278 (2.1%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 51 (0.4%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

59,783

43.1%

Donald Trump* (R)

76,541

55.1%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

1,932

1.4%

Other

540

0.4%

TOTAL

138,796

Turnout: 74%	Diff (US): 8

2016 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

47,710

39.6%

Donald Trump (R)

65,246

54.1%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

4,987

4.1%

Jill Stein (Grn)

1,190

1.0%

Evan McMullin (I)

586

0.5%

Other

809

0.7%

TOTAL

120,528

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 8

2012 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

57,148

47.2%

Mitt Romney (R)

61,911

51.2%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

1,185

1.0%

Other

772

0.6%

TOTAL

121,016

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): 4

2008 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

63,589

53.9%

John McCain (R)

52,399

44.4%

Ralph Nader (I)

807

0.7%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

482

0.4%

Other

760

0.6%

TOTAL

118,037

Turnout: 72%	Diff (US): -1

2004 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

63,624

55.2%

John Kerry (D)

50,459

43.8%

Ralph Nader (I)

680

0.6%

Other

563

0.5%

TOTAL

115,326

Turnout: 75%	Diff (US): 4

2000 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

50,297

52.6%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

40,937

42.8%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

3,241

3.4%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

624

0.7%

Other

590

0.6%

TOTAL

95,689

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): 5

1996 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

35,755

44.0%

Robert Dole (R)

34,807

42.9%

Ross Perot (Ref)

9,347

11.5%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

596

0.7%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

293

0.4%

Other

390

0.5%

TOTAL

81,188

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): 2

1992 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

29,436

32.2%

George Bush* (R)

37,911

41.5%

Ross Perot (I)

23,534

25.8%

Other

431

0.5%

TOTAL

91,312

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): 4

1988 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

41,220

54.2%

Michael Dukakis (D)

34,252

45.1%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

124

0.2%

Other

390

0.5%

TOTAL

75,986

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): 1

1984 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

45,743

64.5%

Walter Mondale (D)

24,526

34.6%

Other

602

0.8%

TOTAL

70,871

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): 6

1980 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

39,385

53.4%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

26,320

35.7%

John Anderson (I)

6,799

9.2%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

981

1.3%

Other

249

0.3%

TOTAL

73,734

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 3

1976 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

29,320

44.7%

Gerald Ford* (R)

34,952

53.2%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

991

1.5%

Other

376

0.6%

TOTAL

65,639

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 5

1972 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

33,979

59.0%

George McGovern (D)

22,251

38.7%

John Schmitz (Amer)

1,139

2.0%

Other

181

0.3%

TOTAL

57,550

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): -2

1968 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

30,872

58.8%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

17,833

33.9%

George Wallace (AIP)

3,748

7.1%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

52,536

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 15

1964 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

26,912

54.4%

Barry Goldwater (R)

22,500

45.5%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

49,472

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 7

1960 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

21,599

42.3%

Richard Nixon (R)

29,312

57.5%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

51,008

Turnout: 73%	Diff (US): 8

1956 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

32,256

76.1%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

9,824

23.2%

Other

305

0.7%

TOTAL

42,385

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 19

1952 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

33,243

74.5%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

11,343

25.4%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

44,635

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): 19

1948 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

13,895

40.2%

Thomas Dewey (R)

20,346

58.8%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

183

0.5%

Other

157

0.5%

TOTAL

34,581

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 14

1944 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

11,921

33.1%

Thomas Dewey (R)

23,905

66.4%

Other

189

0.5%

TOTAL

36,015

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): 20

1940 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

14,492

38.3%

Wendell Willkie (R)

23,060

61.0%

Other

240

0.6%

TOTAL

37,792

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): 16

1936 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

20,857

60.5%

Alf Landon (R)

11,457

33.2%

William Lemke (Union)

2,066

6.0%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

0.2%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

34,477

Turnout: 72%	Diff (US): -3

1932 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

21,671

67.9%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

9,730

30.5%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

436

1.4%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

31,903

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): -9

1928 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

14,783

47.2%

Al Smith (D)

16,345

52.2%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

100

0.3%

Other

0.2%

TOTAL

31,287

Turnout: 73%	Diff (US): -11

1924 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

7,364

31.7%

John Davis (D)

1,824

7.9%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

13,860

59.7%

Other

158

0.7%

TOTAL

23,206

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -22

1920 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

14,870

75.6%

James Cox (D)

3,707

18.8%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

925

4.7%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

179

0.9%

TOTAL

19,681

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): 15

1916 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

5,824

43.2%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

7,281

54.1%

Allan Benson (Soc)

240

1.8%

James Hanly (Proh)

125

0.9%

TOTAL

13,470

Turnout: 36%	Diff (US): 8

1912 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

5,505

49.5%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

1,856

16.7%

William Taft* (R)

3,315

29.8%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

277

2.5%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

172

1.5%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

11,132

Turnout: 31%	Diff (US): 7

1908 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

6,655

50.8%

William J. Bryan (D)

5,997

45.8%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

203

1.5%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

239

1.8%

Other

0.1%

TOTAL

13,106

Turnout: 40%	Diff (US): -1

1904 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

7,685

61.5%

Alton Parker (D)

4,401

35.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

230

1.8%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

174

1.4%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

0.1%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

12,504

Turnout: 38%	Diff (US): 5

1900 President, Appleton, WI Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

6,876

52.4%

William J. Bryan (D)

5,918

45.1%

John Woolley (Proh)

278

2.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

0.4%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

13,127

Turnout: 41%	Diff (US): 1

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	212,601	86.83%	4.4%
Black:	3,616	1.48%	88.5%
Indian:	3,250	1.33%	12.1%
Asian:	8,913	3.64%	41.4%
2+ races:	4,282	1.75%	59.4%
Hispanic:	12,183	4.98%	51.4%

Total non-White:	32,244	13.17%	46.7%

Change in White population:	8,910	3.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	10,269	4.6

Appleton, WI Metro Area

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