Herbster, WI is a small town located in Northwest Wisconsin. Politically, the town is strongly represented by the Democratic and Republican parties. Every two years the citizens of Herbster elect local representatives for a variety of positions including mayor, city council members, and school board members. All candidates are chosen based on their leadership abilities and experience in local government, as well as their commitment to working together to ensure the prosperity of Herbster. The current mayor of Herbster is a Democrat while the majority of its city council and school board are both Republicans. Each elected official works collectively to ensure that all constituents of Herbster have equitable access to resources and services that promote a healthy community.
The political climate in Herbster, WI is leaning conservative.
Bayfield County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Bayfield County, WI 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bayfield county remained strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 42.4%.
Bayfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Herbster, WI is leaning conservative.
Bayfield County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
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.
Herbster, Wisconsin: D D D D d D
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 Herbster, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $4,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)