Nelsonville, Wisconsin is a small rural town in the north-central region of the state. It has a rich history dating back to its founding in 1869. The population of Nelsonville is approximately 2,500 people. Despite its small size, Nelsonville is a vibrant and engaged community with a variety of political issues that it faces.
Nelsonville’s local politics are managed by the city council, with members being elected every two years to represent the citizens of Nelsonville in all matters related to the town’s functioning. The current mayor is Kevin Olson and there are four other council members who serve on the board. The town's policy initiatives focus on promoting economic development, improving infrastructure, supporting local businesses, and enhancing quality of life for residents. It also seeks to protect natural resources and provide public safety services to its citizens. Every election cycle produces exciting debates as candidates share their stances on these issues and how their policies could affect the future of Nelsonville.
The political climate in Nelsonville, WI is somewhat conservative.
Portage County, WI is leaning liberal. In Portage County, WI 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Portage county remained Democratic, 50.3% to 47.5%.
Portage county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nelsonville, WI is somewhat conservative.
Portage County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Stevens Point Metro Area is leaning 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.
Nelsonville, 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 Nelsonville, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $5,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $19,626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)