The city of Bell, WI is a small community situated in the Midwest region of the United States. It is a rural area known for its agricultural and farming heritage, as well as its strong sense of community. Politics play an important role in determining how the local government is run and what decisions are made that affect the residents. The most recent election was held in 2020, and it saw two candidates running for mayor: incumbent Mayor Henry Anderson and challenger Mike Brown. Both candidates canvassed the area extensively to get their messages out, including door-to-door visits, public debates, radio ads, and other forms of communication. In the end, Mayor Anderson won re-election by a sizeable margin. He remains committed to continuing his work in making sure everyone in Bell has access to great schools, parks, and other services that make life better for all residents.
The political climate in Bell, 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
Bell, 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.
Bell, 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 Bell, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,400 contributions totaling $108,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 267 contributions totaling $25,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)