Wisconsin elections in 2026

10 electoral votes · 8 House seats · Midwest · 1 statewide race on the 2026 ballot

The political landscape

Wisconsin is a perennial tipping-point state, balanced between Milwaukee and Madison, the suburban WOW counties, and a rural north and west. Manufacturing, dairy and turnout wars keep its margins historically thin.

Its largest population centers include Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay. Where a state's people live, and what those places do for a living, is the starting point for how Electorate HQ simulations reason about it.

On the ballot in Wisconsin

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Issues that weigh heavily in Wisconsin

Based on the state's industry mix, geography and cost of living, these issues tend to carry structural weight in Wisconsin elections:

Latest Wisconsin political headlines

Primaries set up battle for control of Wisconsin LegislatureWPR · 13 Aug 2026Wisconsin Democrats choose David Crowley over Francesca Hong’s progressive visionThe 19th News · 12 Aug 2026Wisconsin's 2026 primary for governor hits the home stretchPBS Wisconsin · 05 Aug 2026Final Poll Shows Francesca Hong with 22-Point Lead in Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor PrimaryState Navigate · 07 Aug 202668,000 “zombie votes” decide Wisconsin governor primaryfairvote.org · 12 Aug 2026Fueled by national movement, democratic socialist shakes up Wisconsin's governor's racePBS · 11 Aug 2026Wisconsin Governor Primary Election Live Results 2026AP News · 11 Aug 2026Medical College of Wisconsin adding student housing for the first time in school’s historyWPR · 29 Jul 2026

Simulate Wisconsin

In the Electorate HQ simulator, Wisconsin is one of 51 delegations that reads current reporting and decides a presidential race issue by issue. Results are AI simulations, clearly labeled, with the reasoning shown for every call. See the methodology for what that does and does not mean.

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