53  Portage

Portage County (pop. 70,000) is located in almost the exact center of Wisconsin, and its population is demographically similar to the state as a whole in terms of educational attainment, age, income, poverty, and population density. The county is quite closely contested by both parties; although, Democrats have enjoyed a slight advantage in recent elections.

53.1 Demographics

53.2 county election results

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53.3 municipality election results

About 26,000 people live in the City of Stevens Point (home to UW-Stevens Point), while another 14,000 live in nearby Plover village. Stevens Point accounts for the Democratic lean of the county, along with a few other smaller municipalities. Plover is closely divided between the parties, and many more rural towns lean conservative.

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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53.4 Appendix

53.4.1 detailed county results

53.4.2 detailed municipality results