25  Grant

Grant County (pop. 52,000) lies in the southwestern corner of Wisconsin, bordering Iowa and Illinois. The population is 94% white, median incomes are lower than the state average, and the median resident is slightly younger than the state average as well. Politically, the county has been relatively competitive for both parties; although, there are some signs of growing Republican performance in recent cycles.

25.1 Demographics

25.2 county election results

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25.3 municipality election results

The population of Grant County is spread across 52 cities, towns, or villages which lie wholly or partly within the county. The largest is the City of Platteville (pop. 11,500), which is also home to UW-Platteville. Communities including the cities of Platteville and Boscobel and the Village of Montfort are usually Democratic-leaning. Many other municipalities have consistently seen narrowly divided outcomes over the past decade while many of the most rural towns are strongly Republican.

This map shows the location of each municipality in the county, as it existed in 2022.

These dot plots show the most recent election results in each municipality.

To more clearly illustrate recent changes in municipality voting trends, these scatterplots compare the most recent vote for president and senator with the shift from that office’s previous election.

These maps show show every election result since 2000 in each municipality.

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25.4 Appendix

25.4.1 detailed county results

25.4.2 detailed municipality results