The 2024 United States presidential election in Wisconsin is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the

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in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Wisconsin voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Wisconsin has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following

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due to the

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in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. A former Blue Wall state and a clearly purple state today, the last presidential Republican to win Wisconsin by double digits was fellow

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Dwight D. Eisenhower; the last one to win the state twice was

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; and the only presidential candidates to carry the state by double digits after 1956 were Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (the latter representing neighboring Illinois) in

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and

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, respectively. In 2016, Donald Trump very narrowly won Wisconsin by 0.77% in his surprise sweep of the Midwest and Rust Belt, becoming the first Republican since Reagan in his

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to win the state's electoral votes; but in 2020, Democrat Joe Biden flipped Wisconsin back into the blue column by a similarly narrow 0.63%. Given the state's competitive electoral history coupled with its nearly even partisan lean, Wisconsin is considered to be a crucial

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in 2024, with all major news organizations marking the state as a tossup. Incumbent president Biden is running for reelection to a second term. The Wisconsin Green Party has attained ballot access after not appearing in 2020

Primary elections

Democratic primary

The Wisconsin Democratic primary was held on April 2, 2024, alongside contests in Connecticut,

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, and Rhode Island.

Republican primary

The Wisconsin Republican primary was held on April 2, 2024, alongside contests in Connecticut,

, and Rhode Island.

General election

Predictions

Polling

;Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump ;Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein ;Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West ;Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ;Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump ;Joe Biden vs. Nikki Haley ;Joe Biden vs. Ron DeSantis

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

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