Rantoul, WI is a small town with a population of about 600 people. Politically speaking, this area is dominated by the Republican party. The Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate are both controlled by Republicans, and they have held the majority for several years. At the local level, the mayor of Rantoul is Republican as well. Citizens in Rantoul are typically conservative and vote mainly for candidates from the Republican party when making their political decisions. In terms of national politics, many people in Rantoul tend to follow the same general pattern as most other areas in Wisconsin: They support the Republican agenda, particularly on issues such as tax cuts and pro-business regulation.
The political climate in Rantoul, WI is strongly conservative.
Calumet County, WI is moderately conservative. In Calumet County, WI 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calumet county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 39.4%.
Calumet county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rantoul, WI is strongly conservative.
Calumet County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Appleton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Rantoul, Wisconsin: R R d 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 Rantoul, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $2,214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $105,219 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $526 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)