Somo, WI is a small rural town in the Midwest of the United States. It has a local government system that is based on a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and council are elected by the citizens of Somo every two years. The mayor is responsible for setting policy, managing budgets, and leading town initiatives such as planning programs for public safety and economic growth. The council consists of five members who are responsible for approving ordinances, setting tax rates, and appropriating funds to various city projects. They also pass resolutions related to community issues such as zoning regulations, land use, and public works. Local political candidates often come from different backgrounds and run on platforms designed to appeal to citizens' concerns about their specific interests. Issues such as education reform, job creation, environmental protection, infrastructure investment, healthcare access, affordable housing and government transparency are all commonly discussed during election cycles in Somo.
The political climate in Somo, WI is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, WI is moderately conservative. In Lincoln County, WI 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Somo, WI is strongly conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Somo, Wisconsin: r r 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 Somo, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 504 contributions totaling $26,553 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $16,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)