La Follette, Wisconsin is a city located in the southern part of the state. It is known for its beautiful landscape and peaceful atmosphere. At the local level, La Follette is served by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected at-large to serve as the chief executive of the city. The city has a seven-member Common Council which acts as legislative body for the City. Members are elected from five districts within La Follette, and two members are elected at-large from the entire city. Together they represent their constituents’ interests in approving budgets, levying taxes, adopting ordinances and formulating policy. The Common Council meets regularly each month to discuss issues relevant to city residents and make decisions accordingly. La Follette residents take an active interest in their political process and stay informed on the issues that affect them directly, ranging from public safety concerns to economic development initiatives.
The political climate in La Follette, WI is strongly conservative.
Burnett County, WI is strongly conservative. In Burnett County, WI 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burnett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 35.2%.
Burnett county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Follette, WI is strongly conservative.
Burnett 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.
La Follette, 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 La Follette, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 367 contributions totaling $51,654 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $46,777 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)