A dairy-belt college town caught between two electoral gravitational pulls
Walworth County's mix of University of Wisconsin–Whitewater enrollment, resort-lake tourism along Geneva Lake, and deep agricultural roots produces split-ticket patterns that swing closer than statewide margins suggest.
| Group | Local | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 86.9% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(13) | 9.7% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.4% | 4.0% |
▶Black / African American(5) | 0.9% | 12.2% |
▶Asian(6) | 0.8% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(2) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(7) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.6% | 39.8% | — | — | |
| 16.4% | 39.5% | — | — | |
| 6.4% | 15.5% | — | — | |
| 2.2% | 5.2% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.4% | 1.1% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 58.4% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI metro area? 402,506 residents across 4 counties.
27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 6pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+3 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+22.2 | R+21.3 | 0.8pp |