38 Lincoln
Lincoln County (pop. 28,000) is much like its neighboring counties in northern Wisconsin. The population is 94% white, older than average, and with relatively low levels of college attainment. Politically, the county has moved from competitive, or even Democratic-leaning, during the 2000s to solidy Republican during the 2010s and beyond.
38.1 Demographics
38.2 county election results
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38.3 municipality election results
About 9,300 people live in the City of Merrill and another 3,400 in the City of Tomahawk. These two cities lean Republican but are often somewhat politically competitive. The remaining towns in the county are more strongly Republican in their political support.
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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