Politics in Presque Isle, WI are dominated by the local government, which is overseen by a City Council. The City Council consists of seven members who are all elected in partisan races. Each member serves for a two-year term. As the official governing body of the city, the City Council is responsible for setting and enacting policy decisions related to local government operations. This includes ordinances and regulations regarding taxation, public safety, parks and recreation services, health care services, and more. In addition to the City Council members, there are a handful of locally elected officials who serve in other positions such as mayor and county clerk. Additionally, citizens of Presque Isle have an opportunity to vote on state and national elections when they occur. In sum, politics in Presque Isle revolve around citizens' ability to exercise their right to vote for representatives that will best represent the interests of their community.
The political climate in Presque Isle, WI is moderately conservative.
Vilas County, WI is moderately conservative. In Vilas County, WI 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vilas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 38.4%.
Vilas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Presque Isle, WI is moderately conservative.
Vilas County, Wisconsin 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.
Presque Isle, 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 Presque Isle, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,238 contributions totaling $67,698 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $34,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)