The small town of Wabeno, WI is a wonderful place to call home. Located in the heart of Wisconsin, it has been around sincethe early nineteenth century and has a rich and vibrant history. The politics in Wabeno are shaped by its local representatives in the state legislature. Currently, there are three legislators representing the town in Madison: Senator Janet Bewley, Representative Romaine Quinn, and Representative Beth Meyers. These legislators work hard to ensure that the needs of their constituents are heard at the state level and strive to improve the quality of life for everyone living in Wabeno. All three representatives have unique backgrounds that shape their views on different topics such as education and healthcare. They often work together to craft legislation that benefits all residents of Wisconsin, regardless of political party affiliation. Additionally, there are many local elections held every year in Wabeno to determine who will serve on various boards and commissions within the community. This helps ensure that everybody's voice is heard and allows citizens to have a say in how their town is run.
The political climate in Wabeno, WI is strongly conservative.
Forest County, WI is strongly conservative. In Forest County, WI 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Forest county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 34.1%.
Forest county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wabeno, WI is strongly conservative.
Forest County, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Wabeno, 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 Wabeno, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $4,535 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $24,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $338 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)