Long Lake (Washburn County), WI, is home to a small but engaged community of citizens. It is a rural area with a population of approximately 500 people. Local politics are largely centered around county issues, such as the upkeep of roads and support for local businesses. The residents care deeply about their community and have shown this through their past involvement in local elections. There are several candidates running for office each year, many of whom have grown up in the area or attended local schools. Residents take pride in having an active role in choosing who will represent them locally, and make sure to get out and vote on election days. They truly understand the importance of being informed about political issues that directly affect their lives.
The political climate in Long Lake town (Washburn County), WI is strongly conservative.
Washburn County, WI is moderately conservative. In Washburn County, WI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washburn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.3%.
Washburn county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Long Lake town (Washburn County), WI is strongly conservative.
Washburn County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Long Lake town (Washburn 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 Long Lake town (Washburn County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 777 contributions totaling $48,419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 262 contributions totaling $145,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $556 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)