Harrison, located in Waupaca County of Wisconsin, is an area with a rich political history. The township is served by a Town Board and various committees. Along with that, Harrison is part of the 24th Senate District in the state and the 5th Congressional District for the US House of Representatives. Historically, Harrison has been a Republican stronghold, often voting to support conservative values on both local and national levels. Through recent years there have been several changes in local representation, but the values represented have remained largely consistent. Candidates who are members of the Republican party often face little opposition when running for office, as this is an area where conservative values are strongly held and many residents remain firmly committed to them.
The political climate in Harrison town (Waupaca County), WI is strongly conservative.
Waupaca County, WI is strongly conservative. In Waupaca County, WI 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waupaca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.3%.
Waupaca county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrison town (Waupaca County), WI is strongly conservative.
Waupaca County, Wisconsin 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.
Harrison town (Waupaca 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 Harrison town (Waupaca County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $3,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $4,561 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)