Politics in Whiting, Wisconsin are largely focused on the local economy and issues that affect the day-to-day lives of its residents. The city is currently led by a mayor and four council members who work together to create a better future for the community. The city’s government works closely with both local businesses and community groups to ensure that everyone has a say in what happens in their community. Local elections tend to be hotly contested races as citizens want to make sure their voice is heard at the ballot box. Beyond that, Whiting also works hard to stay connected with other cities within Wisconsin so they can collaborate on larger issues like health care or infrastructure.
The political climate in Whiting, WI is leaning conservative.
Portage County, WI is leaning liberal. In Portage County, WI 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Portage county remained Democratic, 50.3% to 47.5%.
Portage county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whiting, WI is leaning conservative.
Portage County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Stevens Point Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Whiting, Wisconsin: D D D D d d
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 Whiting, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,973 contributions totaling $136,270 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 315 contributions totaling $82,552 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)