North Prairie, WI is a small town with a population of just over 700 people. Located in Waukesha County, North Prairie is served by the North Prairie Village Board and the Waukesha County Board. The Village Board consists of five members elected for two-year terms, while the County Board has 19 members elected to two-year terms from single-member districts throughout the county. The local government focuses on providing essential services to its citizens while ensuring that taxes remain low. It also works to support businesses and economic development throughout the community and region. Additionally, the village board provides input into many decisions involving zoning, infrastructure, and other matters relevant to local residents. Overall, the local political environment in North Prairie is focused on creating a pleasant place for residents to live and work while striving for fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in North Prairie, WI is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, WI is moderately conservative. In Waukesha County, WI 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waukesha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.8%.
Waukesha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Prairie, WI is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Milwaukee-Waukesha Metro Area is somewhat 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.
North Prairie, 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 North Prairie, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 594 contributions totaling $48,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 427 contributions totaling $90,337 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)