El Paso, Wisconsin is a small town located in the northwest part of the state. It has a rich history of civic engagement and is proud to have an active political culture. Residents of El Paso actively participate in local politics and are dedicated to creating a community that reflects their values and beliefs. Elections for local offices are held every two years, with the mayor and city council members at the top of the ballot. The current mayor is Sandy Niederhauser, who was elected in 2018. The council consists of seven members, including Marcy Meyer, Mike Martin, Ryan Piotrowski, Roberta Ritterbusch, Linda Bartelme, Richard Daniels and Judy LaValle. Local residents take great pride in participating in elections and engaging with their representatives on important issues affecting El Paso's future.
The political climate in El Paso, WI is moderately conservative.
Pierce County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Pierce County, WI 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained strongly Republican, 55.0% to 42.0%.
Pierce county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
El Paso, WI is moderately conservative.
Pierce County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
El Paso, Wisconsin: d d d 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 El Paso, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 467 contributions totaling $29,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $37,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)