Butternut leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Butternut typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Butternut, ~20% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Butternut compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Butternut is the most Republican-leaning.
Butternut runs about 38 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Why Butternut 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 Butternut, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Butternut live in densely developed areas, about 21 points below the Wisconsin average of 24%.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Butternut, WI sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Butternut looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Butternut is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 63%, above 60% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Park Falls, WI R+31
- Glidden, WI R+36
- Shanagolden, WI R+38
- Fifield, WI R+34
- Springstead, WI R+29
- Phillips, WI R+35
- Mercer, WI R+26
- Mellen, WI R+25
- Clam Lake, WI R+25
- Morse, WI R+24
Cities with Similar Populations
- Forest Hill, LA R+77
- Jacobsburg, OH R+57
- Rome, OH R+52
- Fairdale, WV R+70
- Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ R+21
- Urbana, MO R+67
- Dunnigan, CA R+19
- Beckville, TX R+66
- Vallecito, CO R+5
- Garrison, KY R+69
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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.