59 Sauk
Sauk County (pop. 66,000) is located to the northwest of Dane County. Its population is 89% white and has slightly lower levels of college attainment that the state average, but the county’s median age, income and poverty rate are fairly close to state averages. Among Wisconsin counties, it is the closest thing to a bellweather, having matched all but one state result in elections for President, Governor, and US Senator since 2000. The sole miss was the 2014 gubernatorial race, when Sauk County narrowly voted for Mary Burke.
59.1 Demographics
59.2 county election results
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59.3 municipality election results
Sauk County has two relatively large municipalities. The City of Baraboo has about 12,500 residents and the City of Reedsburg has 10,000. The county also contains 17 municipalities with between 1,000 and 5,000 residents. Some municipalities in the county are strongly Democratic, including the villages of Spring Green, Sauk City, and Prairie du Sac. Others are strongly conservative, including the Town of Westfield, and the villages of Ironton and Rock Springs. But most communities in Sauk County are quite competitive. This category includes the City of Reedsburg and also the Village of Merrimac. Merrimac Village deserves special notice as one of just two minor civil divisions in the state to have matched the state result in every election for president, governor, or senator since the year 2000.
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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