Manitowish Waters, WI is a small town in Vilas county with a population of around 575 people. The politics in Manitowish Waters are largely conservative, supporting local and state politicians who align with the Republican party. The current mayor of Manitowish Waters is Robert Smits and he has been in office since 2014. There are also five members of the village board who help pass laws that benefit the citizens of Manitowish Waters. Every two years, there is an election for mayor and village board members, giving citizens a chance to be involved in local politics and select their preferred candidates. Despite being a small town, Manitowish Waters takes its politics seriously with residents actively participating in local elections to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Manitowish Waters, WI is moderately conservative.
Vilas County, WI is moderately conservative. In Vilas County, WI 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vilas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 38.4%.
Vilas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manitowish Waters, WI is moderately conservative.
Vilas 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.
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin: R R r 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 Manitowish Waters, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,024 contributions totaling $62,576 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $15,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)