The small town of Linn, Wisconsin is known for its cozy atmosphere and friendly residents. Despite its small size, the community has an active political landscape that locals are passionate about. Every two years the citizens of Linn come together to vote on important local issues and elect representatives for various levels of government. Participating in the political process is a big part of life for many people in Linn as it allows them to be part of conversations that shape their community in meaningful ways. From county level to state issues, locals are informed about what’s happening and take pride in exercising their right to vote. On election days you’ll often find lines wrapping around polling stations with eager citizens waiting to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Linn, WI is moderately conservative.
Walworth County, WI is moderately conservative. In Walworth County, WI 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walworth county remained very strongly Republican, 58.8% to 39.6%.
Walworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Linn, WI is moderately conservative.
Walworth County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Whitewater Metro Area is moderately 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.
Linn, 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 Linn, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,148 contributions totaling $117,407 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 823 contributions totaling $527,114 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $640 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)