Pine River, Wisconsin is a small town located in the northwest corner of the state. The town is known for its friendly people and its strong sense of community spirit. The political landscape of Pine River is mostly conservative, with many residents who tend to support Republican candidates in elections. There is a small but active local Democratic party organization that has held several public events and campaigned diligently for their candidates over the past few years. Over the past decade there has been an increasing number of independent voters in Pine River who are registered with neither the Republican nor Democratic parties, creating a more diverse political environment. Residents of Pine River have consistently shown their support for their chosen candidates through a variety of civic activities, from attending public meetings and actively participating in discussions on local issues to volunteering for campaigns and supporting their favorite causes.
The political climate in Pine River town (Lincoln County), WI is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, WI is moderately conservative. In Lincoln County, WI 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine River town (Lincoln County), WI is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Pine River town (Lincoln County), 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 Pine River town (Lincoln County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 517 contributions totaling $67,657 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $22,139 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)