Columbus, WI is a small town in Columbia County, Wisconsin with a population of just over 5,000 people. It is a tight-knit community that enjoys a rich history and vibrant arts and culture. Politically speaking, Columbus residents have traditionally voted for Democratic candidates. The city has consistently elected Democrats to the local offices of mayor and city council. The current mayor is Peter Hartzell, who was first elected in 2019. At the county level, Columbia County has been under Democratic control since 1994 with Mark Ewing as county executive. On the state level, the state assembly seat representing parts of Columbus and surrounding towns has been held by Democrat Steve Doyle since 2014. For national elections, Columbus has consistently chosen Democratic candidates since 2008 when Barack Obama won the presidency with 68 percent of the vote in Columbia County.
The political climate in Columbus, WI is leaning conservative.
Columbia County, WI is leaning conservative. In Columbia County, WI 48.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 48.5%.
Columbia county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbus, WI is leaning conservative.
Columbia County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Madison Metro Area is very 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.
Columbus, Wisconsin: d r D D 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 Columbus, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 736 contributions totaling $48,152 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $100,854 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $427 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)