Forest County, Wisconsin
Precinct data
Results by precinct
16 precincts · 5,097 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -CITY OF CRANDON WARDS 1-4CITY OF CRANDON WARDS 1-4 | 205 | 486 | 6 | 697 | 29.4% | 69.7% | R+40.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -TOWN OF LAONA WARDS 1-4TOWN OF LAONA WARDS 1-4 | 214 | 461 | 2 | 677 | 31.6% | 68.1% | R+36.5 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF LINCOLN WARDS 1-5TOWN OF LINCOLN WARDS 1-5 | 244 | 334 | 7 | 585 | 41.7% | 57.1% | R+15.4 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF WABENO WARDS 1-4TOWN OF WABENO WARDS 1-4 | 193 | 313 | 5 | 511 | 37.8% | 61.3% | R+23.5 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF NASHVILLE WARDS 1-3TOWN OF NASHVILLE WARDS 1-3 | 199 | 226 | 3 | 428 | 46.5% | 52.8% | R+6.3 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF CRANDON WARDS 1-2TOWN OF CRANDON WARDS 1-2 | 111 | 247 | 1 | 359 | 30.9% | 68.8% | R+37.9 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF ARGONNE WARDS 1-2TOWN OF ARGONNE WARDS 1-2 | 83 | 244 | 1 | 328 | 25.3% | 74.4% | R+49.1 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF ARMSTRONG CREEK WARD 1TOWN OF ARMSTRONG CREEK WARD 1 | 86 | 213 | 2 | 301 | 28.6% | 70.8% | R+42.2 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF NASHVILLE WARDS 4-5TOWN OF NASHVILLE WARDS 4-5 | 89 | 186 | 3 | 278 | 32.0% | 66.9% | R+34.9 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF HILES WARD 1TOWN OF HILES WARD 1 | 81 | 183 | 1 | 265 | 30.6% | 69.1% | R+38.5 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF FREEDOM WARD 1TOWN OF FREEDOM WARD 1 | 76 | 166 | 1 | 243 | 31.3% | 68.3% | R+37.0 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF ALVIN WARD 1TOWN OF ALVIN WARD 1 | 28 | 92 | 1 | 121 | 23.1% | 76.0% | R+52.9 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF BLACKWELL WARD 1TOWN OF BLACKWELL WARD 1 | 31 | 87 | 1 | 119 | 26.1% | 73.1% | R+47.1 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF ROSS WARD 1TOWN OF ROSS WARD 1 | 19 | 73 | 0 | 92 | 20.7% | 79.3% | R+58.7 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF CASWELL WARD 1TOWN OF CASWELL WARD 1 | 13 | 47 | 0 | 60 | 21.7% | 78.3% | R+56.7 |
| Precinct -TOWN OF POPPLE RIVER WARD 1TOWN OF POPPLE RIVER WARD 1 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 33 | 27.3% | 72.7% | R+45.5 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.1% |
| 1896 | −39.2% |
| 1900 | −57.5% |
| 1904 | −69.2% |
| 1908 | −49.0% |
| 1912 | +3.6% |
| 1916 | −7.1% |
| 1920 | −55.2% |
| 1924 | −29.7% |
| 1928 | −6.6% |
| 1932 | +53.5% |
| 1936 | +38.8% |
| 1940 | +27.6% |
| 1944 | +27.2% |
| 1948 | +26.9% |
| 1952 | −5.2% |
| 1956 | −14.3% |
| 1960 | +5.6% |
| 1964 | +39.7% |
| 1968 | +6.5% |
| 1972 | −4.8% |
| 1976 | +22.9% |
| 1980 | +7.1% |
| 1984 | −1.8% |
| 1988 | +7.4% |
| 1992 | +11.7% |
| 1996 | +23.4% |
| 2000 | −5.2% |
| 2004 | −1.9% |
| 2008 | +15.2% |
| 2012 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | −26.6% |
| 2020 | −31.0% |
| 2024 | −33.4% |
U.S. Senate
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+82 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +330 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $66,480 in average income, against $70,655 for residents who stayed — 6% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Brown County, WI26
- Langlade County, WI23
- Oneida County, WI22
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −31 |
| 2012 | −83 |
| 2013 | −62 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2015 | −95 |
| 2016 | +30 |
| 2017 | −46 |
| 2018 | +23 |
| 2019 | +33 |
| 2021 | +283 |
| 2022 | −11 |
| 2023 | +69 |
| 2024 | +138 |
| 2025 | +82 |
Forest County's sparse northwoods population and Native American communities — centered on the Potawatomi and Ojibwe reservations — produce unusually complex voting patterns beneath a headline Republican margin that exceeded 33 points in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 69.2 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.4 points.
A population of 9,369, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,071 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Rusk County and Juneau County.
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Forest County, Wisconsin. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/55041/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.