Charlestown is a small town located in Wisconsin with a strong sense of community and political involvement. The town prides itself on its involvement in local, state, and national politics. Although there are no specific names of local political candidates, the citizens of Charlestown have been very active in voicing their opinions and supporting various campaigns. They are passionate about making sure their representatives represent their interests in government. Residents come together to host events such as voter registration drives, candidate forums, and other local rallies to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard. In addition to voting for state candidates, some residents also work directly with politicians to ensure that their needs are addressed at the state level. Overall, Charlestown has an engaged population that takes pride in its political involvement.
The political climate in Charlestown, WI is strongly conservative.
Calumet County, WI is moderately conservative. In Calumet County, WI 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calumet county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 39.4%.
Calumet county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Charlestown, WI is strongly conservative.
Calumet County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Appleton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Charlestown, 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 Charlestown, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $3,619 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $28,851 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)