The town of Powers Lake, WI is a small rural town located in Kenosha County with a population of 1,027 people. Despite its size, the town is very politically active and involved in local government. The citizens of Powers Lake have elected several mayors over the years and their current mayor is William Larson. In addition to the mayor, Powers Lake has an elected town board that consists of five members who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens. The Town Board meets regularly to discuss issues such as zoning regulations, water quality, public safety, and community development projects. There are also various local committees that meet to address more specific topics like parks and recreation or economic development in the area. As a whole, Powers Lake has a strong sense of community engagement among its citizens and takes pride in being actively involved in local politics and decision-making processes.
The political climate in Powers Lake, WI is somewhat conservative.
Kenosha County, WI is leaning conservative. In Kenosha County, WI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenosha county remained Republican, 50.7% to 47.5%.
Kenosha county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Powers Lake, WI is somewhat conservative.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Powers Lake, 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 Powers Lake, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,368 contributions totaling $87,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,718 contributions totaling $525,644 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)