New Richmond, Wisconsin is a small city located in St. Croix County. It has an estimated population of 8,330 people as of 2019 and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The Board of Aldermen of the City Council consists of six members that are elected at-large for three-year terms. It is currently led by Mayor Fred Horne with four Alderpersons from different wards in the city, each representing different parts of the community. The city also has two representatives on the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors. Political issues in New Richmond range from public safety to economic development and local services, such as garbage collection and snow removal. There are no local political candidates running for office in 54017 this year, but citizens have plenty of opportunities to get involved in the political process through outreach activities such as attending meetings or volunteering on campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 54017 (New Richmond, WI) is moderately 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
Zip 54017 (New Richmond, WI) is moderately conservative.
New Richmond, Wisconsin is moderately 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 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 zip 54017 (New Richmond)
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)