Plugtown leans heavily Republican by roughly 38 points: about 31% of voters vote Democratic and 69% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Plugtown typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Plugtown, ~23% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Plugtown compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Plugtown leans more Republican than 50 of 60 neighbors.
Plugtown runs about 36 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Why Plugtown 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 Plugtown, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Plugtown, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Wisconsin average of 26%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Plugtown, WI sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Plugtown looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Plugtown own their home, about 12 points above the Wisconsin average of 80%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Westport, WI R+31
- Mount Zion, WI R+31
- Boscobel, WI R+21
- Excelsior, WI R+27
- Bell Center, WI R+25
- Petersburg, WI R+36
- Gays Mills, WI R+28
- Steuben, WI R+37
- Rolling Ground, WI R+25
- Blue River, WI R+27
Cities with Similar Populations
- Briggsdale, CO R+72
- Manville, VA R+75
- Strawberry, AZ R+46
- Padroni, CO R+73
- Kolin, MT R+59
- Moorings, VA R+11
- Prater, KY R+62
- Bellfountain, OR R+15
- Park, KS R+83
- Rocky Point, ID R+60
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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.