Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+33%. Republican peak: R+62 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+33MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 88,7422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $75,9292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62 in 1920MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Beaver Dam, WI, WIOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 16,518 | 33,067 | 50,300 | ||
| R | 16,356 | 31,355 | 48,436 | ||
| R | 13,968 | 26,635 | 43,078 | ||
| R | 18,762 | 25,211 | 44,488 | ||
| R | 19,183 | 23,015 | 42,823 | ||
| R | 16,690 | 27,201 | 44,336 | ||
| R | 14,580 | 21,684 | 37,701 | ||
| R | 12,625 | 12,890 | 29,422 | ||
| R | 11,438 | 14,971 | 35,709 | ||
| R | 12,663 | 17,003 | 29,927 | ||
| R | 11,052 | 20,458 | 31,761 | ||
| R | 11,966 | 19,435 | 33,682 | ||
| R | 13,643 | 17,335 | 31,641 | ||
| R | 9,898 | 17,068 | 27,737 | ||
| R | 8,948 | 14,909 | 25,758 | ||
| D | 15,497 | 10,772 | 26,308 | ||
| R | 10,113 | 17,152 | 27,295 | ||
| R | 6,704 | 17,569 | 24,366 | ||
| R | 7,001 | 19,298 | 26,336 | ||
| R | 8,212 | 10,831 | 19,288 | ||
| R | 7,667 | 14,102 | 21,883 | ||
| R | 8,948 | 14,651 | 23,859 | ||
| D | 14,782 | 6,829 | 22,599 | ||
| D | 15,874 | 4,936 | 21,148 | ||
| R | 9,536 | 9,660 | 19,434 | ||
| O | 2,019 | 5,167 | 16,971 | ||
| R | 2,293 | 11,354 | 14,658 | ||
| R | 4,519 | 4,887 | 9,646 | ||
| D | 5,246 | 2,559 | 8,747 | ||
| D | 5,883 | 4,015 | 10,123 | ||
| D | 5,005 | 4,248 | 9,459 | ||
| D | 5,813 | 4,780 | 10,778 | ||
| R | 4,900 | 5,610 | 10,882 | ||
| D | 6,810 | 2,653 | 9,709 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
49.4%
Irish
9.8%
Polish
6.2%
English
5.8%
American
3.9%
Italian
2.7%
French
1.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$75,929
Beaver Dam, WI ranks near the middle of US counties.
Beaver Dam, WI$75,929
Wisconsin$77,485
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
8.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1810.1%
Working age (18–64)7.8%
Seniors (65+)10.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.6%
speak English only
Spanish4.1%
Other Indo-European0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Beaver Dam anchors Dodge County, a largely rural and small-industrial corridor that has shifted steadily toward Republican margins over the past decade, posting a 35-point spread in 2024 that reflects broader rural realignment across the upper Midwest.
The Democratic margin in Beaver Dam, WI peaked at fifty-two points in 1932. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-three points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $75,929 sits well below state and national norms, and 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin vote in 2024?
In 2024, Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin voted Republican by 32.9 points (R+33), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 50,300 votes cast, 16,518 went Democratic and 33,067 went Republican.
What is Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin?
Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin has a population of 88,742 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin?
Median household income in Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin is $75,929 — below the national median of $80,734. The Wisconsin state median is $77,485.
What is the political history of Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Beaver Dam, WI, Wisconsin from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.