Sugar Camp leans Republican by roughly 28 points: about 36% of voters vote Democratic and 64% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Sugar Camp typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sugar Camp, ~28% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sugar Camp compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sugar Camp leans more Republican than 16 of 26 neighbors.
Sugar Camp runs about 27 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Why Sugar Camp 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 Sugar Camp, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Sugar Camp sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 9 points above the Wisconsin average of 87%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Sugar Camp, WI sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Sugar Camp looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Sugar Camp 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Eagle River, WI R+27
- Three Lakes, WI R+16
- Starks, WI R+31
- Roosevelt, WI R+24
- St. Germain, WI R+26
- Newbold, WI R+18
- Rhinelander, WI R+15
- Lake Tomahawk, WI R+23
- Mc Naughton, WI R+30
- Sayner, WI R+22
Cities with Similar Populations
- Adams Run, SC D+17
- Humphrey, NE R+79
- Burrton, KS R+66
- Dellwood, MN Even
- Shobonier, IL R+68
- Hills, IA R+5
- Shellman, GA R+25
- Fort Cobb, OK R+63
- Barney, GA R+64
- Plymouth, ME R+39
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.