15  Dodge

Dodge County (pop. 89,000) is located to the immediate northwest of Dane County, but it lies outside of the Madison Metropolital Statistical Area. Long a solidly Republican area, it has grown, if anything, even more Republican during the Trump era. Compared with the rest of the state, more of the population is white, educational attainment is lower, median incomes are similar, and poverty is lower.

15.1 Demographics

15.2 county election results

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15.3 municipality election results

Dodge County’s largest community is the City of Beaver Dam, which has about 17,000 residents. Beaver Dam is also the only Democratic-leaning municipality in the county; although, even it narrowly voted for Trump in 2024 while also giving Tammy Baldwin a narrow victory in the US Senate race.

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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15.4 Appendix

15.4.1 detailed county results

15.4.2 detailed municipality results