The small town of Lorain, WI is governed by a Board of Aldermen made up of five elected representatives. The board is responsible for setting the policies and procedures that guide the municipality and are tasked with making decisions that benefit the community as a whole. They work together to make sure that all citizens have access to essential services such as water, sewer, garbage collection, public safety, transportation, parks and recreation programs and more. Despite its small size, Lorain is at the center of some important political issues in Wisconsin. This includes economic development initiatives to attract new businesses, efforts to renovate aged infrastructure, and the need to protect natural resources. The Board of Aldermen works diligently with state officials and local organizations to ensure that these topics are addressed appropriately in order to create a better future for the residents of Lorain.
The political climate in Lorain, WI is strongly conservative.
Polk County, WI is strongly conservative. In Polk County, WI 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.5%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lorain, WI is strongly conservative.
Polk County, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Lorain, 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 Lorain, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 154 contributions totaling $36,738 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,891 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)