The small town of Hickory Grove, WI is home to a close knit community of residents who take pride in their local government. Local politics are an important part of life in the area and citizens come together to discuss important issues that affect the town. The town has recently had a few elections for mayor and other positions on the city council. Members of the community have been very involved in the process, showing their support for their preferred candidates. Events such as debates between candidates have taken place in order to give voters an opportunity to understand each candidate's views on important issues and make an informed decision at the polls. Residents are encouraged to stay involved in local politics and help ensure that their voices can be heard when it comes to making decisions that will benefit the entire town.
The political climate in Hickory Grove, WI is moderately conservative.
Grant County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Grant County, WI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Grant county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hickory Grove, WI is moderately conservative.
Grant County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Platteville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hickory Grove, Wisconsin: d d 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 Hickory Grove, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 109 contributions totaling $5,053 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $6,863 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)