New Richmond, Wisconsin is a small city located in St. Croix County with a population of over 8,000 people. It is an active and vibrant community that is home to a variety of local businesses, as well as plenty of activities to keep its residents engaged. With respect to politics, New Richmond has many elected officials who serve their constituents and the community at large. The mayor is responsible for setting the overall direction for the city, while the members of the City Council are responsible for creating policies and enforcing laws that serve the public’s best interests. In addition to these roles, there are also many local committees and special interest groups that advocate on behalf of their chosen issues and provide guidance for policy matters. All in all, New Richmond is a great place to live, work, and raise a family due to its strong sense of civic engagement and involvement in politics.
The political climate in New Richmond, WI is somewhat conservative.
St. Croix County, WI is somewhat conservative. In St. Croix County, WI 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Croix county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.9%.
St. Croix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Richmond, WI is somewhat conservative.
St. Croix County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
New Richmond, Wisconsin: r r r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in New Richmond, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 317 contributions totaling $19,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $28,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)