Barre, Wisconsin is a small town located in the Western part of the state with a strong sense of community spirit. The politics of Barre are largely based on maintaining that small-town atmosphere while also working to ensure that essential services and resources remain available to the residents. During election season, town residents come together to discuss their views and opinions for local candidates running for office. Candidates value the input from local residents and work hard to listen to all voices when making decisions on important issues facing their constituents. This ensures that all interests are taken into consideration and that Barre remains a vibrant community for generations to come.
The political climate in Barre, WI is leaning conservative.
La Crosse County, WI is somewhat liberal. In La Crosse County, WI 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, La Crosse county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.3%.
La Crosse county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barre, WI is leaning conservative.
La Crosse County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
La Crosse-Onalaska 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.
Barre, 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 Barre, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,932 contributions totaling $361,714 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 838 contributions totaling $489,107 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $584 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)