Bear Lake, WI is a small town with a population of about 2,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government and the Mayor serves as the leader of the city. The council is composed of seven members who are elected by the citizens and they are responsible for making decisions that affect the town. There are several local candidates running for office in Bear Lake, but none have been publicly identified yet. The town also has an active political scene with citizens engaging in political discourse to make sure their voices are heard and that their needs are met. This discourse helps to ensure that the political system works effectively for everyone in the community.
The political climate in Bear Lake, WI is strongly conservative.
Barron County, WI is strongly conservative. In Barron County, WI 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 36.3%.
Barron county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bear Lake, WI is strongly conservative.
Barron 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.
Bear Lake, Wisconsin: r r d r 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 Bear Lake, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 928 contributions totaling $60,502 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 218 contributions totaling $126,784 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $582 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)