Fern, WI is a small town nestled in the rolling hills of Wisconsin. Despite its size, Fern is an active and vibrant community with many local political issues. The town council meets regularly to discuss local issues such as zoning, infrastructure, and public safety. Residents take the opportunity to attend meetings and voice their opinions on current topics. During election season, the town rallies around their candidates for various local offices. Political debates are held in the town hall and local media outlets report on news about the candidates. Despite its size, Fern has a strong sense of civic engagement and pride in taking part in politics at all levels.
The political climate in Fern, WI is strongly conservative.
Florence County, WI is very conservative. In Florence County, WI 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Florence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 26.6%.
Florence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fern, WI is strongly conservative.
Florence County, Wisconsin is very conservative.
Iron Mountain Metro Area is very 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.
Fern, 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 Fern, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $3,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $8,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)