The politics of McKinley (Polk Cnty), WI are largely reflective of the state as a whole. The area is primarily represented in the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate by Republican Party representatives. McKinley residents have voted for Republican candidates in every major election, including presidential elections, since the early 2000s. Local elections feature a variety of candidates from both major parties, although most tend to be Republicans. Many local political issues revolve around economic growth and development, education reform, infrastructure investments, public safety initiatives, and environmental conservation. The city strives to involve its citizens in all of these areas to ensure that a wide range of opinions are reflected in local government decisions.
The political climate in McKinley town (Polk County), WI is strongly conservative.
Polk County, WI is strongly conservative. In Polk County, WI 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.5%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McKinley town (Polk County), WI is strongly conservative.
Polk 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.
McKinley town (Polk County), 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 McKinley town (Polk County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 429 contributions totaling $52,291 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $29,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)