Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Walworth County, Wisconsin. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+88 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,841 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+313
2012
+68
2013
−188
2014
+288
2015
−869
2016
+2
2017
+234
2018
+730
2019
+366
2021
+139
2022
+623
2023
+229
2024
−182
2025
+88
Walworth County's mix of University of Wisconsin–Whitewater enrollment, resort-lake tourism along Geneva Lake, and deep agricultural roots produces split-ticket patterns that swing closer than statewide margins suggest.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 0.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 65.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.2 points.
A population of 105,657, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,520 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI and Rochelle, IL.
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How did Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 22.2 points (R+22.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 60,597 votes cast, 23,161 went Democratic and 36,603 went Republican.
When did Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 1912.
How many people live in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin?
Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 105,657 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin is $80,520 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI, Wisconsin from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 1 went Democratic and 33 went Republican.
