The small town of Barksdale, WI is home to a diverse population and a vibrant political atmosphere. With local elections coming up soon, the town is abuzz with conversations about the candidates vying for positions on the city council and other offices. Residents of Barksdale are eager to make their voices heard in this important election as they consider which candidate will best represent their interests. The candidates have been actively campaigning and engaging with residents to discuss their platforms. Barksdale citizens have been carefully researching each candidate's qualifications and listening to their proposed policy solutions in order to make an informed voting decision. Regardless of who wins the election, it is clear that the people of Barksdale are passionate about politics and eager to participate in the democratic process.
The political climate in Barksdale, WI is leaning conservative.
Bayfield County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Bayfield County, WI 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bayfield county remained strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 42.4%.
Bayfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barksdale, WI is leaning conservative.
Bayfield County, Wisconsin 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.
Barksdale, 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 Barksdale, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,497 contributions totaling $81,450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $25,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)