Chester, WI is a small rural community located in the Central Valley of Wisconsin. The town has a population of about 500 people and is largely comprised of farmers and other small business owners. Although it is not a large city, the politics in Chester are still important. Local elections are held every two years for County Supervisors, Town Board members, and other county offices. Each candidate must advocate for the needs of the local residents and stay up to date on issues like zoning regulations, taxes, public works projects, and agricultural policies. Residents have a chance to make their voices heard by attending town meetings or voting in local elections. With such an engaged population, Chester is truly a great example of democracy in action.
The political climate in Chester, WI is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, WI is strongly conservative. In Dodge County, WI 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.7% to 33.8%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chester, WI is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Beaver Dam Metro Area is strongly 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.
Chester, 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 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 Chester, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $1,832 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $97,629 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $842 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)