60  Sawyer

Sawyer County (pop. 18,000) is located in northwestern Wisconsin. The Lac Courte Oreilles Band’s reservation is mostly located in the county, and 15% of the total population identifies as Native American alone. The average age of the county is 11 years older than the state average, while the median income is much lower. Politically, the county leans Republican, but the margins are smaller than in some neighboring counties in the region.

60.1 Demographics

60.2 county election results

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60.3 municipality election results

Sawyer County includes seven municipalities with populations between 1,000 and 4,000, the largest of which is the town of Hayward (pop. 3,700). The communities in which Democratic candidates often do best, including towns of Bass Lake and Couderay and the village of Couderay have relatively large Native American populations.

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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60.4 Appendix

60.4.1 detailed county results

60.4.2 detailed municipality results