BOW counties

[2] The counties stretch from the western shore of Lake Winnebago down the Fox River to Green Bay.

[4] The region also excludes the similarly sized Fond du Lac County as it is more solidly Republican and last voted for a Democrat for president in 1964.

[7][3] The area is one of the most purple (evenly divided) in the state,[8] and a key swing region.

[10] In the 2016 United States presidential election in Wisconsin, Donald Trump received the most votes for president in the BOW counties but with smaller margins than the WOW counties.

[10] However, in 2020 it was one of 21 regions in the country identified that had an impact on Joe Biden's victory.

Map of Wisconsin highlighting the BOW counties in red
Population centers of the BOW counties: from top, Green Bay, Appleton, and Oshkosh bordering Lake Winnebago