Empire, WI is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. The town’s politics largely revolve around issues such as improving public schools and infrastructure, creating jobs, and providing essential services to its citizens. These issues are important to Empire residents because they directly affect their quality of life. Local political candidates running for office often campaign on platforms that focus on these concerns and work hard to address them if elected into office. In addition, community members actively participate in local politics by attending public forums and engaging in conversations with politicians about the issues they are passionate about. This involvement helps to ensure that decisions made by elected officials reflect the needs of the people living in Empire.
The political climate in Empire, WI is moderately conservative.
Fond du Lac County, WI is strongly conservative. In Fond du Lac County, WI 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fond du Lac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.0%.
Fond du Lac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Empire, WI is moderately conservative.
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Fond du Lac Metro Area is strongly 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.
Empire, 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 Empire, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,224 contributions totaling $80,281 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,038 contributions totaling $196,609 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)