The small town of Akan, Wisconsin is known for its peaceful atmosphere and friendly community members. Despite its small size, the town of Akan boasts a strong political presence with many different candidates running for local office each year. Residents of Akan take part in engaging and lively debates about current issues facing the town such as education, housing, and other community initiatives. The town council meetings are filled with passionate discussions and often end in unanimous decisions that benefit everyone in the community. Even though population numbers are low, the citizens of Akan still take the time to be involved with their local politics and ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Akan, WI is moderately conservative.
Richland County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Richland County, WI 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained moderately Republican, 54.0% to 44.3%.
Richland county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Akan, WI is moderately conservative.
Richland County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Akan, 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 Akan, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,998 contributions totaling $117,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 177 contributions totaling $31,312 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)