Blue River, WI is a picturesque small town in the Midwestern United States. It has the charm of a rural community surrounded by rolling hills, farmland, and its namesake river. Even though it's small, Blue River has an active political climate that engages local citizens on a variety of important issues. The town's mayor presides over regular city council meetings where members of the public can voice their opinions and ask questions about issues such as taxation, infrastructure maintenance, public safety initiatives, and more. There are also several state representatives who work to keep Blue River residents informed about state-level politics and ensure their voices are heard in Madison. Local elections often see high participation rates from voters eager to elect candidates with strong values who will represent them fairly in government. Through these elected officials, Blue River citizens have a direct say in how the town is managed and how it prepares for the future.
The political climate in Blue River, WI is moderately conservative.
Grant County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Grant County, WI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Grant county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blue River, WI is moderately conservative.
Grant County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Platteville Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Blue River, Wisconsin: d d D D 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 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 Blue River, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $22,415 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $830 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,271 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)