Post Lake leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.
About 89% of adults in Post Lake typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Post Lake, ~30% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Post Lake compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Post Lake leans more Republican than 11 of 37 neighbors.
Post Lake runs about 32 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Why Post Lake 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 Post Lake, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Post Lake sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 12 points above the Wisconsin average of 87%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Post Lake, WI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Post Lake looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Post Lake 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Post Lake own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Elcho, WI R+37
- Pearson, WI R+37
- Mole Lake, WI R+25
- Jennings, WI R+24
- Pelican Lake, WI R+33
- Summit Lake, WI R+39
- Pickerel, WI R+37
- Crandon, WI R+27
- Deerbrook, WI R+45
- Lily, WI R+39
Cities with Similar Populations
- South Taft, CA R+19
- Appleton, ME R+3
- Clover Lick, WV R+51
- Galen, MT R+42
- Gemmell, MN R+41
- West Clarksfield, OH R+56
- Bergoo, WV R+66
- West Hawley, MA D+11
- Kealia, HI D+17
- North Lowell, WI R+44
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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.