Bridgeport, WI is a small city located in Racine County. It has a population of about 4,000 and serves as an important center of commerce for the surrounding area. The city government is run by a five-member Board of Supervisors that consists of two representatives from each ward and one at large representative. The board is elected to four-year terms and meets on the first and third Thursdays of the month.
The political landscape in Bridgeport is heavily influenced by local issues and concerns, such as job creation, economic development projects, and community services. City leaders are also actively involved in regional issues, including advocating for public transit improvements and partnering with nearby communities to spur job growth. Bridgeport's residents have often been engaged in local politics, such as taking part in elections or attending town hall meetings to discuss pressing matters around the city.
The political climate in Bridgeport, WI is somewhat conservative.
Crawford County, WI is leaning conservative. In Crawford County, WI 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained moderately Republican, 53.1% to 45.5%.
Crawford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bridgeport, WI is somewhat conservative.
Crawford County, Wisconsin is leaning 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.
Bridgeport, 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 Bridgeport, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $27,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $52,649 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)