Baraboo, Wisconsin is a small city located in Sauk County. It has a number of local political figures that are active in the community. These include members of the City Council and school board as well as representatives from the county Board of Supervisors. The elected officials work together to create policies that will ensure the prosperity and growth of Baraboo. They also hold public meetings to allow residents to voice their concerns and ideas on how to best serve the community. Additionally, there are various committees established that focus on areas such as economic development, land use planning, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and more. Baraboo strives to maintain an open dialogue between its citizens and officials so that everyone can have their say when it comes to decision-making within the city.
The political climate in Baraboo, WI is leaning liberal.
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
Baraboo, WI is leaning liberal.
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.
Baraboo, 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 Baraboo, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,967 contributions totaling $90,560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $21,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)