Hayward, Wisconsin is a small town located in Sawyer County. Politically, the area is largely conservative, and local candidates for office will typically have alignments with the Republican party. In recent elections, turnout has been high in Hayward, as citizens take a vested interest in their local candidates and outcomes of elections. While there are some progressive voices in the community, the majority of voters choose to elect conservatives to represent them at the local level. Overall, politics play an important role in Hayward as residents value their right to vote and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Hayward, WI is somewhat conservative.
Sawyer County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Sawyer County, WI 42.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sawyer county remained strongly Republican, 56.2% to 42.8%.
Sawyer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hayward, WI is somewhat conservative.
Sawyer County, Wisconsin 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.
Hayward, Wisconsin: r r d d 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 Hayward, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 932 contributions totaling $49,176 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $121,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)