Poplar, WI is a small town that is politically active. The townspeople are involved in local elections and actively follow the news surrounding local political issues. Political candidates for Poplar come from many different backgrounds, representing a wide range of views and platforms. Candidates often engage the community with debates, public forums, and door-to-door campaigns to get their message out. Residents have plenty of opportunities to get informed about the local political climate, either through engaging with candidates directly or by taking part in educational forums held throughout the year. Poplar serves as an example of how residents can stay informed while actively engaging with their community’s politics.
The political climate in Poplar, WI is somewhat conservative.
Douglas County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Douglas County, WI 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 44.3%.
Douglas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Poplar, WI is somewhat conservative.
Douglas County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Poplar, 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 Poplar, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $1,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)