Peeksville, WI is a small town with a population of approximately 15,000. Politically, the town is primarily conservative, favoring Republican candidates and values. Peeksville has had several prominent political figures over the years, including a district attorney and two members of Congress. The current mayor is Richard Williams, who has been in office for six years and has overseen several infrastructure improvements during his tenure. He is running for reelection this year against local business owner George Smith. Local politics in Peeksville are often focused on improving education opportunities and providing better access to health care for citizens. Additionally, the townspeople have consistently supported initiatives that create more jobs and support economic development. With both Mayor Williams and Mr. Smith campaigning hard to win the election this year, it promises to be an exciting time for politics in Peeksville.
The political climate in Peeksville, WI is leaning conservative.
Ashland County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Ashland County, WI 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 43.9%.
Ashland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Peeksville, WI is leaning conservative.
Ashland County, Wisconsin 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.
Peeksville, 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 Peeksville, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $6,895 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $8,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)