More votes for Democrats in rural Wisconsin? Not likely in Juneau County.

 

Trump flipped Juneau County by 33 percentage points in 2016 and slightly expanded his margin of victory in 2020.

Wikipedia

Madison.com, 2/5/2022

In 2020, almost every rural county in the state voted for Trump. Many counties registered two Trump votes per Biden vote, similar to the sum total of the suburban Milwaukee WOW counties of Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington. 

That's a far cry from 1992, when most rural Wisconsin counties voted for then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton over Republican President George H.W. Bush.  

[Don't put too much stock in this; third-party candidate Ross Perot corralled 8.4% of the vote nationally and 17.7% in Juneau County.]

Today, about 30% of Wisconsinites live in rural areas and rural millennials are fleeing to population hubs, according to Malia Jones, a social epidemiologist at UW-Madison's Applied Population Laboratory.   

 [Juneau County's current population of 26,718 is 91.4% white, compared to 81% in Wisconsin and 60% nationally.  Percentage of residents 65 and older is 20.8% compared to 17.5% in Wisconsin and 16.5% nationally.] 

Juneau County vaccination rate is 11 percentage points lower than the statewide rate of 64%.

New York Times

Related posts:

Buffalo County.  (2/15/2022)

Clark County.  (2/6/2022)

Green Lake County.  (2/11/2022)

Marinette County.  (2/102022)

Oconto County.  (2/8/2022)

Ozaukee County.  (2/15/2022)

Rusk County.  (2/7/2022)

Taylor County.  (2/5/2022)

Waushara County.  (2/9/2022)

Time to update this UW-Madison salary list

 

Top headline: Madison, 2/14/2022

Salary list:  Open Payroll

Middle headline:  Madison.com, 10/5/2021

Bottom headline:  Appleton Post-Crescent, 3/4/2019

More votes for Wisconsin Democrats in suburban red Ozaukee County? It could happen.

 

The last time Ozaukee County voted Democratic was in 1964 and before that in 1936.  Until Trump appeared on the ticket, it has always been a solid GOP stronghold.  

Trump hasn't been fully embraced here.  In 2016, he received 5,633 fewer votes than Romney did in 2012, while Clinton improved on Obama's vote tally by 1,011.

In 2020, Biden had the best performance by a Democratic presidential candidate since LBJ in 1964.  It seems that Trump has moved Ozaukee County in a purple direction.

Wikipedia

Madison.com, 2/5/2022

In 2020, almost every rural county in the state voted for Trump. Many counties registered two Trump votes per Biden vote, similar to the sum total of the suburban Milwaukee WOW counties of Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington. 

That's a far cry from 1992, when most rural Wisconsin counties voted for then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton over Republican President George H.W. Bush.  

[Don't put too much stock in this; third-party candidate Ross Perot corralled 8.4% of the vote nationally and 9.3% in Ozaukee County.]

Today, about 30% of Wisconsinites live in rural areas and rural millennials are fleeing to population hubs, according to Malia Jones, a social epidemiologist at UW-Madison's Applied Population Laboratory.   

 [Ozaukee County's current population of 91,503 is  91% white, compared to 81% in Wisconsin and 60% nationally.  Percentage of residents 65 and older is 20.4% compared to 17.5% in Wisconsin and 16.5% nationally.] 

Ozaukee County vaccination rate is 7 percentage points higher than the statewide rate of 64%.

New York Times

Related posts:

Buffalo County.  (2/15/2022)

Clark County.  (2/6/2022)

Green Lake County.  (2/11/2022)

Marinette County.  (2/102022)

Oconto County.  (2/8/2022)

Rusk County.  (2/7/2022)

Taylor County.  (2/5/2022)

Waushara County.  (2/9/2022)

More votes for Democrats in rural Wisconsin? Not likely in Buffalo County.

Prior to 2016, Buffalo County had voted Democratic in the previous 7 presidential elections.  They fell hard for Trump.

Wikipedia

Madison.com, 2/5/2022

In 2020, almost every rural county in the state voted for Trump. Many counties registered two Trump votes per Biden vote, similar to the sum total of the suburban Milwaukee WOW counties of Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington. 

That's a far cry from 1992, when most rural Wisconsin counties voted for then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton over Republican President George H.W. Bush.  

[Don't put too much stock in this; third-party candidate Ross Perot corralled 8.4% of the vote nationally and 19.4% in Buffalo County.]

Today, about 30% of Wisconsinites live in rural areas and rural millennials are fleeing to population hubs, according to Malia Jones, a social epidemiologist at UW-Madison's Applied Population Laboratory.   

 [Buffalo County's current population of 13,317, a 20% drop from rits 1900 peak of 16,765.   Its residents are 95.4% white, compared to 81% in Wisconsin and 60% nationally.  Percentage of residents 65 and older is 22.8% compared to 17.5% in Wisconsin and 16.5% nationally.] 

Buffalo County vaccination rate is 14 percentage points lower than the statewide rate of 64%.

New York Times

Related posts:

Clark County.  (2/6/2022)

Green Lake County.  (2/11/2022)

Marinette County.  (2/102022)

Oconto County.  (2/8/2022)

Rusk County.  (2/7/2022)

Taylor County.  (2/5/2022)

Waushara County.  (2/9/2022)

The faces of the Fond du Lac County Republican Party

 

Headline:  Ripon Commonwealth Press, 2/11/2022

Excerpt:

“As we are in the midst of a great political awakening, it is an honor to lead an organization with such a great foundation of values,” Bachleitner said in a press release. “I’ll be focusing on repenting where the party has erred, rallying the troops to fight and preserve our liberties and building upon the successes FdL GOP has had to this point.”

GET ME REWRITE: Republican base focused on 'unelectable goofballs' in 2022 elections

 

Top headline; Green Bay Press Gazette 

Bottom headline:  AlterNet

Goodbye Rubin's Furniture, hello Wilson Street Hotel

 

Google Maps (red box added)

Madison.com, 2/13/2022

North Central Group, of Middleton, which owns and operates more than 30 properties across multiple states, is proposing to readapt the historic, four-story building at 317 E. Wilson St. and a newer two-story building at 323 E. Wilson St., both now used by Rubin’s Furniture, for the 45-room “Wilson Street Hotel,” plans submitted to the city say. 

The independent, extended-stay hotel would offer a mix of studio and one- and two-bedroom units, spacious rooms highlighting the existing historic warehouse structure and finishes, a rooftop patio above the two-story building for guest use, first-floor commercial space along East Wilson Street, and a fitness room and guest laundry, the plans say.

Rendering from Madison Plan Commission