SAUK COUNTY (WKOW) -- Wisconsin is known for being a very purple state. Democrat Barack Obama won the state in 2008, and, two years later, voters elected Republican Scott Walker as governor.

Despite being so closely divided, some parts of the state are strongholds for each party. Dane County is reliably blue, and the Northwoods is deep red. But one county isn't as easy to categorize because it frequently flips between supporting Democrats and supporting Republicans.

In the past 10 gubernatorial elections, voters in Sauk County picked the statewide winner nine times.

"W hen the political winds blow a little bit in one direction, it tips the county in that party's favor," said Charles Franklin, director of the Marquette Law School Poll. "When they're blowing the other direction, it tips

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