The small town of Beaver in Polk County, Wisconsin is home to just over 500 residents. The local politics of Beaver are mainly focused on the management and preservation of their small-town way of life. Local political candidates are dedicated to protecting the area’s natural resources, ensuring that citizens have access to all the basic amenities they need, and keeping taxes low while still providing important services. In addition, they focus on strengthening public safety measures and supporting initiatives that will improve quality of life in the community. The current mayor was recently re-elected for a third term due to his dedication to these values and his commitment to listening to citizen feedback. Overall, local politics in Beaver center around promoting responsible growth and preserving the unique atmosphere that makes this town such a special place to live.
The political climate in Beaver town (Polk County), WI is strongly conservative.
Polk County, WI is strongly conservative. In Polk County, WI 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.5%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Beaver town (Polk County), WI is strongly conservative.
Polk 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.
Beaver town (Polk County), Wisconsin: r r r 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 Beaver town (Polk County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,192 contributions totaling $34,382 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $12,987 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)