Beaver Dam leans slightly Republican by roughly 12 points: about 44% of voters vote Democratic and 56% Republican.
About 82% of adults in Beaver Dam typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Beaver Dam, ~36% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Beaver Dam compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Beaver Dam leans more Republican than 4 of 68 neighbors.
Beaver Dam runs about 12 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Beaver Dam. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+27) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+8), a spread of about 19 points.
Why Beaver Dam leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Beaver Dam, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Beaver Dam votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 67%, far above the Wisconsin average of 24%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Beaver Dam, WI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Beaver Dam looks the way it does
Turnout in Beaver Dam sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- South Beaver Dam, WI R+36
- Leipsig, WI R+37
- Minnesota Junction, WI R+45
- Oak Grove, WI R+43
- North Lowell, WI R+44
- Woodland, WI R+45
- Burnett, WI R+45
- Juneau, WI R+40
- Lowell, WI R+45
- Astico, WI R+37
Cities with Similar Populations
- Washington, MO R+40
- St. Joseph, MI Even
- Milford, MI R+15
- Dolton, IL D+82
- Broomall, PA R+6
- Pittsboro, NC Even
- Walker, LA R+72
- Neptune, NJ D+43
- Westborough, MA D+31
- Lake Placid, FL R+41
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Wisconsin Elections Commission, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.