2024 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary

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2024 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary
Flag of Wisconsin.svg
  2020 April 2, 20242028 
  RI
WY  

41 Republican National Convention delegates
  TrumpPortrait.jpg Nikki Haley (53299447738) (cropped).jpg
Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley
(withdrawn)
Home state Florida South Carolina
Delegate count410
Popular vote477,10376,841
Percentage78.97%12.72%

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The 2024 Wisconsin Republican presidential primary was held on April 2, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 41 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-all basis. [1]

Campaign

Debate

The first Republican primary debate was held at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023. It was hosted by Fox News and Rumble, and was moderated Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. The debate featured eight candidates: Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Tim Scott. The debate focused on issues relating to the crisis at the border with Mexico, the economy, abortion, and foreign policy. [2]

Candidates

Uninstructed Delegates was also an option on the primary ballot.

Endorsements

Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)

State legislators

Tim Scott (withdrawn)

U.S. Representatives

Nikki Haley (withdrawn)

U.S. Representative

State legislators

Donald Trump

U.S. Representatives

Notable individual

Declined to endorse

U.S. senators

U.S. Representative

Statewide officials

Endorsements by incumbent Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate.

Endorsed Ron DeSantis (1) (withdrawn)
Endorsed Nikki Haley (1) (withdrawn)
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Endorsements by incumbent Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate.
  Endorsed Ron DeSantis (1) (withdrawn)
  Endorsed Nikki Haley (1) (withdrawn)
  No endorsement (20)

Results

Wisconsin Republican primary, April 2, 2024 [13]
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
BoundUnboundTotal
Donald Trump 477,10378.97%4100
Nikki Haley (withdrawn)76,84112.72%000
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)20,1243.33%000
Uninstructed 13,0572.16%000
Chris Christie (withdrawn)9,7711.62%000
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)5,2000.86%000
Write-ins 2,0810.34%000
Total:604,177100.00%41041

Polling

Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Nikki
Haley
Donald
Trump
Other/
Undecided [a]
Margin
270ToWin [14] February 7, 2024February 15, 202422.5%71.5%6.0%Trump +49.0
FiveThirtyEight [15] through February 4, 2024February 15, 202421.1%70.9%8.0%Trump +49.8
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [b]
Margin
of error
Doug
Burgum
Chris
Christie
Ron
DeSantis
Nikki
Haley
Asa
Hutchinson
Mike
Pence
Vivek
Ramaswamy
Tim
Scott
Donald
Trump
OtherUndecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [16] Dec 11–12, 2023503 (LV)± 4.4%5%16%15%4%54%6%
Morning Consult [17] Nov 1–30, 2023720 (LV)1%2%17%13%1%6%2%56%2%
Marquette University Law School [18] October 26 – November 2, 2023402 (RV)± 6.8%1%1%18%11%0%6%3%1%38%0% [c] 24%
Morning Consult [17] Oct 1–31, 2023713 (LV)0%3%15%12%1%4%9%3%52%1%
Morning Consult [17] Sep 1–30, 2023665 (LV)2%16%9%1%7%11%2%50%0% [d] 2%
Morning Consult [17] Aug 1–31, 2023681 (LV)3%16%6%2%8%11%5%50%0% [e]
Morning Consult [17] July 1–31, 2023707 (LV)0%2%25%5%1%8%8%4%46%1% [f]
Morning Consult [17] June 1–30, 2023666 (LV)2%24%3%0%7%6%7%51%1% [g]
Marquette Law School [19] June 8–13, 2023419 (RV)± 6.5%0%1%30%3%0%6%3%5%31%0% [h] 21%
Public Policy Polling [20] June 5–6, 2023507 (LV)± 4.4%25%5%8%2%5%41%14%
39%43%18%
Morning Consult [17] May 1–31, 2023728 (LV)24%4%0%8%5%3%52%4% [i]
Morning Consult [17] Apr 1–30, 2023771 (LV)31%4%0%9%2%2%45%5% [j] 2%
Morning Consult [17] Mar 1–31, 2023722 (LV)35%6%9%1%2%43%4% [k]
Morning Consult [17] Feb 1–28, 2023626 (LV)34%4%9%0%1%44%7% [l] 1%
Morning Consult [17] Jan 1–31, 2023897 (LV)32%2%11%2%42%10% [m] 1%
Morning Consult [17] Dec 1–31, 2022558 (LV)36%4%9%1%40%8% [n] 2%

See also

Notes

  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. Larry Elder with 0%
  4. Will Hurd with 0%
  5. Will Hurd with 0%
  6. Will Hurd with 1%; Francis Suarez with 0%
  7. Liz Cheney with 1%; Greg Abbott with 0%
  8. Larry Elder with <0.5%
  9. Liz Cheney with 3%; Kristi Noem with 1%; Glenn Youngkin with 0%
  10. Liz Cheney with 4%; Mike Pompeo with 1%; Greg Abbott, Kristi Noem, and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
  11. Liz Cheney with 2%; Mike Pompeo and Greg Abbott with 1%; Kristi Noem and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
  12. Liz Cheney with 4%; Ted Cruz, Mike Pompeo, and Greg Abbott with 1%; Kristi Noem and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
  13. Ted Cruz and Liz Cheney with 4%; Mike Pompeo and Greg Abbott with 1%; Kristi Noem and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
  14. Ted Cruz with 4%; Liz Cheney with 3%; Kristi Noem with 1%; Mike Pompeo and Greg Abbott with 0%

References

  1. "Wisconsin Republican Presidential Nominating Process". thegreenpapers.com. January 19, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
  2. Layne, Nathan; Ax, Joseph (August 24, 2023). "With Trump absent, Republican rivals trade attacks at first 2024 debate". Reuters. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  3. "DeSantis Plans Wisconsin Fundraisers". WisPolitics . July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  4. Chasmar, Jessica (July 6, 2023). "Wisconsin Republicans Say Voters 'Doubting Trump's Ability to Win' After Poll Shows DeSantis Blowout". Fox News . Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  5. Ribble, Reid (May 25, 2023). "Tim Scott is my choice but on substance DeSantis wasn't bad last night". Twitter . Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  6. Lizza, Ryan; Daniels, Eugene; Bade, Rachael (December 1, 2023). "Playbook: Steve Scalise unpacks the House GOP". Politico . Retrieved December 1, 2023. SPOTTED during a flight from Canada to D.C. on Tuesday morning: former Speaker PAUL RYAN attempting to persuade Rep. MIKE GALLAGHER (R-Wis.) via text message to endorse Haley's presidential bid. [. . .] Said a Gallagher spokesperson, "As Congressman Gallagher has repeatedly said, he has no intention to endorse any candidate at this time."
  7. "Wisconsin Senate leader Devin LeMahieu backs Nikki Haley over Trump in Republican primary". Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Bycoffe, Aaron; Mejía, Elena; Radcliffe, Mary; Burton, Cooper; Groskopf, Christopher; Newman, Alex; Mangan, Andrew; Sweedler, Maya (April 24, 2023). "Which 2024 Republican Presidential Candidate Has The Most Endorsements?". FiveThirtyEight . Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  9. Davis, D.L. (August 12, 2022). "Once on the fence, Michels reconsiders and endorses Donald Trump in 2024 bid". PolitiFact. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  10. "Sen. Ron Johnson backing Trump if 2024 GOP nominee". Yahoo! News. April 24, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  11. Andrea, Lawrence (April 4, 2023). "Ron DeSantis to visit Wisconsin in May for Republican fundraiser, continue book tour". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  12. Gomez, Henry (February 17, 2023). "Scott Walker says Ron DeSantis is in a 'better' spot to take on Trump than he was". NBC News. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  13. "Wisconsin Presidential Primary". Dave Leip's Atlas. May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  14. 270ToWin
  15. FiveThirtyEight
  16. Public Policy Polling (D)
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Morning Consult
  18. Marquette University Law School
  19. Marquette Law School
  20. Public Policy Polling