Hortonia, WI is a small town in the midwestern United States, located in Wisconsin. The town is known for its friendly community and rural charm, with a population of about 500 people. Despite its small size, Hortonia has a vibrant local politics scene. Every two years, residents can vote for local representatives in elections for mayor and city council members. Candidates are usually familiar faces in the community, who have been involved with issues related to their constituents throughout their campaigns. The current mayor is Mark Smith, who was first elected in 2019 and has worked to improve the public safety of the town by increasing police presence and investing in updated street lighting. The city council consists of seven members from various constituencies across Hortonia, each of whom are responsible for addressing local concerns such as infrastructure funding or zoning regulations. In an effort to ensure transparency and accountability within the government, the city council holds public hearings on controversial matters so that citizens can express their opinions directly to municipal leaders.
The political climate in Hortonia, WI is somewhat conservative.
Outagamie County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Outagamie County, WI 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Outagamie county remained moderately Republican, 54.0% to 44.1%.
Outagamie county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hortonia, WI is somewhat conservative.
Outagamie County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Appleton Metro Area 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.
Hortonia, 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 Hortonia, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 338 contributions totaling $26,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $40,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)