Dresser, WI is a small town with an estimated population of around 1,400 people. Despite its size, the town has an active political scene. At the local level, Dresser citizens are represented by their Town Board members and various appointed committees. The Town Board is responsible for making decisions and developing policies that make the community a great place to live. Residents have the opportunity to participate in town meetings and share their ideas on how to improve the town. In addition, local elections take place every two years which allows citizens to choose their representatives for various offices such as mayor, supervisor, treasurer and justice of the peace. By participating in these elections and joining in discussions at town meetings, citizens can ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to shaping their community's future.
The political climate in Dresser, WI is strongly conservative.
Polk County, WI is strongly conservative. In Polk County, WI 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.5%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dresser, WI is strongly conservative.
Polk County, Wisconsin 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.
Dresser, 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 Dresser, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 786 contributions totaling $24,895 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 185 contributions totaling $70,952 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)