Mount Pleasant, WI is an active and vibrant community with a robust local political scene. The village board of trustees oversees the local government and works to ensure that the needs of the citizens are met. The village also elects several representatives to county and state offices who work hard to represent the interests of Mount Pleasant residents. In recent years, local politics has been focused on improving infrastructure, developing economic opportunities, protecting the environment, and creating a safe environment for all members of the community. In addition, Mount Pleasant has a number of civic organizations that provide support to citizens in need and strive to make the community a better place. As such, politics in Mount Pleasant remain lively with all sides taking part in determining how best to serve both current and future generations.
The political climate in Mount Pleasant, WI is leaning conservative.
Racine County, WI is leaning conservative. In Racine County, WI 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Racine county remained Republican, 51.2% to 47.1%.
Racine county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Pleasant, WI is leaning conservative.
Racine County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Racine Metro Area is leaning 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 Pleasant, Wisconsin: r r 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 Pleasant, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,493 contributions totaling $312,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,187 contributions totaling $643,141 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $542 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)