Ashland is a county in Wisconsin with a rich history of politics. It is currently represented by Republican Rob Hutton in the Wisconsin State Assembly and Democrat Mark Pocan in the United States House of Representatives. Over the years, there have been many civic leaders who have taken up the mantle of representing the citizens of Ashland County on local issues and advocating for their rights at all levels of government. Currently, county board supervisors are elected to serve four-year terms while school board members are elected to serve three-year terms. Community members also actively participate in many local political campaigns as volunteers or through donations, ensuring that their voices are heard on important matters. The people of Ashland take pride in their local government and strive to make sure it is effective, efficient, and accountable to its constituents.
The political climate in Ashland County, WI is somewhat liberal.
In Ashland County, WI 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 43.9%.
Ashland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashland County, WI is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Ashland, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Ashland County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 834 contributions totaling $63,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $64,787 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $441 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)