Alvin, WI is a small town located in central Wisconsin that has a population of about 500 people. The town is governed by an elected mayor and five city council members who serve three-year terms. The city council is responsible for setting the annual tax rate and approving the budget; as well as making decisions about zoning, public works, and other municipal matters. Alvin also has representation at the county level with a county supervisor who serves on the county board of supervisors. At the state level, Alvin is represented by two senators and three representatives in Wisconsin’s legislature. The current political climate in Alvin is generally conservative, although several progressive initiatives have been proposed over the years. Residents of Alvin take pride in their local government, which serves them well with efficient delivery of services and community engagement activities such as summer concerts in the park, movie nights at the library, and playground clean-up days.
The political climate in Alvin, WI is strongly conservative.
Forest County, WI is strongly conservative. In Forest County, WI 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Forest county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 34.1%.
Forest county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alvin, WI is strongly conservative.
Forest 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.
Alvin, 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 Alvin, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 276 contributions totaling $19,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $29,523 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)