Oakland (Douglas County), Wisconsin is a small community located about 30 miles northwest of Madison. It is primarily a rural area, and the politics in Oakland are reflective of this. The vast majority of the population identify as conservative, and the local elections reflect that. In the last election for mayor, there was only one candidate on the ballot, and he ran unopposed. This is indicative of the fact that local politics in Oakland tend to be quiet, with little to no competition for elected office. While there are no current political candidates for any local office in Oakland, if someone wishes to run for office they would likely find support from their neighbors.
The political climate in Oakland town (Douglas County), WI is somewhat conservative.
Douglas County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Douglas County, WI 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 44.3%.
Douglas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakland town (Douglas County), WI is somewhat conservative.
Douglas County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
Duluth 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.
Oakland town (Douglas County), 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 Oakland town (Douglas County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,234 contributions totaling $78,092 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $36,080 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)