Newark, Wisconsin is a small town located in St. Croix County with a population of just over 1,000 people. The town has an elected Town Board and Mayor who are responsible for making decisions that affect the community as well as creating and implementing ordinances. The current mayor is Joe Seim, who is also a member of the Town Board. The Town Board members represent the town and work together to come up with solutions for their constituents. They also work to ensure that state laws are carried out properly in Newark. Additionally, they manage the town budget and make sure that funds are allocated appropriately. Every two years, local citizens can choose from several candidates running for positions on the Town Board as well as voting for the mayor. Those elected serve four year terms and work hard to ensure that Newark runs smoothly and responsibly.
The political climate in Newark, WI is somewhat conservative.
Rock County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Rock County, WI 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.5%.
Rock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newark, WI is somewhat conservative.
Rock County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
Janesville-Beloit Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Newark, Wisconsin: D D D D D D
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 Newark, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,522 contributions totaling $124,008 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 656 contributions totaling $4,832,816 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $7,367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)