Chilton is a small city located in Wisconsin with a population of just over 4,000 people. Politically speaking, the city of Chilton elects government officials on the local level and participates in state and federal elections. The political process in Chilton consists of electing representatives to serve on the Town Board, as well as a mayor. The Town Board members are responsible for making decisions that affect the day-to-day operations of the city. On the state level, Chilton is part of Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District which sends two representatives to Congress. Every two years, residents vote for their preferred candidate for this position along with other state-level positions such as Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Finally, Chilton also has its share of voting eligible citizens who take part in national elections for president and other important positions at that level.
The political climate in Chilton, WI is somewhat 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
Chilton, WI is somewhat 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.
Chilton, 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 Chilton, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $813 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $15,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)