Mount Ida, WI is a small town located in the northeast part of Wisconsin. Despite its size, the community has an active political landscape. The political parties represented in Mount Ida include Democrats and Republicans, with members from both sides having a strong presence in the community. Recently, there have been several local campaigns focused on issues such as infrastructure improvements, school safety and economic development. Most recently, two members of the local Republican party ran for mayor in 2020. In addition to these municipal elections, members of both Democratic and Republican parties regularly participate in state and national elections as well. Residents of Mount Ida take their civic duties seriously and are passionate about ensuring their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Mount Ida, WI is moderately conservative.
Grant County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Grant County, WI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Grant county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Ida, WI is moderately conservative.
Grant County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Platteville 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.
Mount Ida, Wisconsin: d d D D 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 Mount Ida, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $8,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $7,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)