equestId":"c2c55a08-0808-48f9-b477-66556f9591ef","resource":"content","data":[{"id":"txt_607a94b1a9ad4d909eb3ae9ef37f6865","text":"\n \nFranks Field, WI is a rural town of about 3,000 people located in northwest Wisconsin. The majority of the population consists of families who have lived here for generations and many who are recent transplants from larger cities. For local government, Franks Field has a mayor-council form of government with seven members elected at large to serve four year terms. The mayor is elected to a two-year term and the council members are elected for staggered four year terms. All local laws and ordinances are created and passed by the mayor and council. Elections for local offices take place every two years on the first Tuesday in May. Politics in Franks Field usually center around issues that affect the city such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and economic development projects. Citizens have an active role in local politics by attending public meetings, voicing their concerns through surveys or letters to their representatives, and voting in elections.
The political climate in Franks Field, WI is leaning conservative.
Ashland County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Ashland County, WI 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 43.9%.
Ashland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franks Field, WI is leaning conservative.
Ashland County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Franks Field, Wisconsin: D D D D D D
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 Franks Field, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 467 contributions totaling $29,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $12,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)