Boulder Junction, Wisconsin is a small village located in Vilas County. Though the population of Boulder Junction is only around 600 people, it has an active political life. The local government consists of a Village Board and President, as well as various committees and commissions. Currently, the president of Boulder Junction is John Johnson and the board members are Dave Friedman, Mike Thompson, and Tom Cox. These local officials work hard to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. They regularly hold public meetings where citizens have the opportunity to voice their concerns and opinions on important issues facing their community, from budgeting to development decisions. With its small size comes a tight-knit sense of community pride, and many residents take an active interest in local politics and engage in civic discussions.
The political climate in Boulder Junction, WI is moderately conservative.
Vilas County, WI is moderately conservative. In Vilas County, WI 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vilas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 38.4%.
Vilas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boulder Junction, WI is moderately conservative.
Vilas County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Boulder Junction, Wisconsin: R R r 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 Boulder Junction, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,085 contributions totaling $104,446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 287 contributions totaling $78,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)