La Pointe leans heavily Democratic by roughly 48 points: about 74% of voters vote Democratic and 26% Republican.
About more than 99% of adults in La Pointe typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in La Pointe, ~73% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~1% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How La Pointe compares
Among cities within 25 miles, La Pointe leans more Democratic than 15 of 18 neighbors.
La Pointe runs about 48 points more Democratic than Wisconsin as a whole. Wisconsin is roughly evenly split, and La Pointe sits clearly on the Democratic side.
Why La Pointe 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 La Pointe, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 52% of adults in La Pointe hold a bachelor's degree, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 28%. La Pointe runs against the grain of Wisconsin, a Democratic-leaning outlier in a roughly evenly split state.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as La Pointe, WI does.
Why turnout in La Pointe looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in La Pointe have completed high school, about 5 points above the Wisconsin average of 93%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in La Pointe own their home, above 80% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bayfield, WI D+48
- Red Cliff, WI D+60
- Salmo, WI D+33
- Washburn, WI D+16
- Sand Bay, WI D+63
- New Odanah, WI D+45
- Ashland, WI D+10
- Cornucopia, WI D+31
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lake City, TX R+35
- Tarsney Lakes, MO R+43
- Bannock, OH R+48
- Tracy, IA R+50
- Keller, WA D+13
- Rock Falls, IA R+36
- Loveless, AL R+78
- Rock Hill, LA R+71
- Atwood, OK R+72
- Shreve, AL R+63
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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.