Greenfield, Wisconsin is a city located in Monroe County which is part of the Madison metropolitan area. While the city has no local political candidates, it does operate under a mayor-council form of government and holds regular elections for various offices. The mayor is elected every four years and there are six council members representing each ward in the city. As part of their duties, City Council members approve budgets, enact legislation, and provide strategic direction for the city’s departments. They also review and approve major contracts, tax levies, zoning ordinances, and other related matters. Community engagement is an important part of Greenfield’s political process with public hearings being held before council decisions are made. Additionally, citizens have multiple opportunities to get involved with local politics through advisory boards such as those that oversee parks and recreation activities or focus on economic development initiatives.
The political climate in Greenfield town (Monroe County), WI is moderately conservative.
Monroe County, WI is moderately conservative. In Monroe County, WI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.3%.
Monroe county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenfield town (Monroe County), WI is moderately conservative.
Monroe County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Greenfield town (Monroe County), 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 Greenfield town (Monroe County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 784 contributions totaling $61,283 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 479 contributions totaling $153,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)