New Hope, WI is a small town located in Wisconsin with a population of just over 1,400 people. It is known for its quaint charm and friendly atmosphere, as well as its commitment to local politics. The Town Board governs the municipality and meets regularly to discuss issues that affect the community. Each board member is elected by the citizens of New Hope to serve a two-year term. Additionally, each year the town holds elections for mayor, town clerk, treasurer and two supervisors. All of these positions are elected from among the citizens of New Hope and play an important role in shaping the future of their community. These local leaders are dedicated to preserving New Hope's hometown environment while also striving to make it even better for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in New Hope, WI is somewhat conservative.
Portage County, WI is leaning liberal. In Portage County, WI 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Portage county remained Democratic, 50.3% to 47.5%.
Portage county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Hope, WI is somewhat conservative.
Portage County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Stevens Point Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
New Hope, Wisconsin: D D D D d d
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 New Hope, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 138 contributions totaling $11,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $3,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)