Richmond (St. Croix Cnty), WI has an active political life that is lead by a few strong local candidates. The town's mayor is Tony Schultz, who was elected in 2018 and works with the city council to ensure the needs of residents are met. Other key figures on the political scene include District Attorney Ben Johnson, Clerk of Courts Troy Kestner, and County Board Supervisor Wayne Nettleton. All of these individuals work diligently to create a better environment for Richmond's citizens and strive to move the community forward. The town also holds regular elections to determine which candidate will be best suited to meet the needs of its residents and lead in an effective manner. Overall, Richmond (St. Croix Cnty), WI has a vibrant political climate that encourages engagement from its citizens on important matters that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Richmond town (St. Croix County), WI is moderately conservative.
St. Croix County, WI is somewhat conservative. In St. Croix County, WI 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Croix county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.9%.
St. Croix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond town (St. Croix County), WI is moderately conservative.
St. Croix County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Richmond town (St. Croix County), 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 Richmond town (St. Croix County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 317 contributions totaling $19,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $28,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)