Elmwood Park, Wisconsin is a small community located in the southeast corner of the state. While it is relatively small, Elmwood Park has its own local political landscape. The town operates under the mayor-council form of local government, with elected representatives from each ward. These representatives provide important input on many issues that affect Elmwood Park citizens, such as local development projects, zoning codes, and public safety initiatives. In addition to the council members, Elmwood Park also elects a mayor every four years who serves as the head of the government and presides over meetings and other official events. As part of their duties, local representatives strive to represent their constituents' interests in an effort to make decisions that will benefit all residents of Elmwood Park.
The political climate in Elmwood Park, WI is leaning conservative.
Racine County, WI is leaning conservative. In Racine County, WI 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Racine county remained Republican, 51.2% to 47.1%.
Racine county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elmwood Park, WI is leaning conservative.
Racine County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Racine Metro Area 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.
Elmwood Park, Wisconsin: r r 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 Elmwood Park, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 901 contributions totaling $57,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $29,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)