Combined Locks, Wisconsin is a small town located within Outagamie County. The politics of the town are reflective of the conservative values of rural Wisconsin. The local government in Combined Locks consists of a mayor and six other trustees who serve on the village board. These trustees are elected to represent the interests of the townspeople every two years and their main objective is to maintain fiscal responsibility and promote a safe, healthy, vibrant community for everyone. While there are no current local political candidates, citizens of Combined Locks can contact their representatives directly through the village website if they have any questions or concerns about issues that affect their everyday lives.
The political climate in Combined Locks, WI is somewhat conservative.
Outagamie County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Outagamie County, WI 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Outagamie county remained moderately Republican, 54.0% to 44.1%.
Outagamie county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Combined Locks, WI is somewhat conservative.
Outagamie County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Combined Locks, 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 Combined Locks, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,241 contributions totaling $156,936 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 485 contributions totaling $179,903 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)