Retiring Guy's Digest: Outbreak of nativism in not-so-diverse Sauk County Wisconsin fuels Trump resurgence

Donald Trump received 130,699votes in 2020 and 18,795 votes in 2024, a 7.4% increase of 1,302.

Joe Biden received 18,108 votes in 2020, and Kamala Harris received 18,170 votes in 2024, a 0.3% increase of 62.

Note: 2024 vote tallies are preliminary

New York Times, 10/14/2024

Sauk County has been a presidential bellwether in recent years, voting for the winner in the past four elections. Like everywhere, voters here are split over which candidate will lower the cost of groceries and housing and who can best address issues like crime, abortion and especially immigration.
With the country now contemplating whether to support a Black woman for president and Mr. Trump stirring animosity, residents are also complaining about the divisive racial undercurrent in the campaign — an issue that could influence the way voters here and in other swing state communities decide.
Sauk County, which is mostly white with a small but growing nonwhite population, has been roiled by its own racial skirmishes in recent years.