The city of Rhinelander, WI is home to a population of over 7,600 people and is located in Oneida County. Politically, the city of Rhinelander participates in both state and local elections. The City Council consists of seven members who are responsible for making decisions on issues such as city budgeting, public safety, economic development, and infrastructure. Each member of the City Council is elected by district to help represent their constituents' interests. On the state level, Rhinelander has two representatives in the Wisconsin State Senate and two representatives in the Wisconsin Assembly who represent the residents of Rhinelander's legislative districts. Local candidates for these positions can often be found on the ballot during general elections or through independent party caucuses.
The political climate in Rhinelander, WI is leaning conservative.
Oneida County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Oneida County, WI 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oneida county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.8%.
Oneida county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rhinelander, WI is leaning conservative.
Oneida County, Wisconsin 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.
Rhinelander, 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 Rhinelander, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 484 contributions totaling $121,782 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $35,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)