Turtle Lake, WI
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+28.9 |
| 2012 | D+7.6 |
| 2016 | R+25.1 |
| 2020 | R+27.6 |
| 2024 | R+32.7 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 960 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+32.7 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $61,250 |
| County | Barron County |
| State | WI |
Place narrative
Turtle Lake sits in northwest Wisconsin's Polk County, a rural stretch where statewide races tend to be decided by single-digit margins and turnout among a tight-knit, agriculture-adjacent population can shift results meaningfully.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −32.7% | 152 | 310 | 21 | 483 |
| 2020 | R | −27.6% | 171 | 305 | 10 | 486 |
| 2016 | R | −25.1% | 139 | 242 | 29 | 410 |
| 2012 | D | +7.6% | 229 | 196 | 7 | 432 |
| 2008 | D | +28.9% | 286 | 156 | 8 | 450 |
| 2004† | D | +20.2% | 276 | 182 | 7 | 465 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 92.3% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 1.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0.0% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $61,250 |
| Poverty rate | 5.3% |
| Median age | 43 |
| Age 18–29 | 19.5% |
| Age 65 and older | 25.2% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 21.8% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 0.9% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Barron County county page and the WI state page.