Winfield is a small, rural town in Wisconsin with a population near 500 people. It is a tight-knit community that prides itself on its close ties and shared values among its residents. Despite the small size of the town, politics still play an important role in how residents interact and govern themselves. The local government consists of a mayor and five city council members who are elected every two years by the citizens of Winfield. Elections are hotly contested within the community as people strive to make their voices heard through their representatives. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, and school funding often become the subject of heated debates during election season. Those who live in Winfield take pride in participating in local politics and making sure their voice is heard throughout the decision-making process.
The political climate in Winfield, WI is somewhat conservative.
Sauk County, WI is leaning liberal. In Sauk County, WI 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sauk county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.3%.
Sauk county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winfield, WI is somewhat conservative.
Sauk County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Baraboo 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.
Winfield, Wisconsin: d d D D r 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 Winfield, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 617 contributions totaling $24,882 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 309 contributions totaling $48,089 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)