Rock Elm, WI is a small city located in the midwest of the United States. With its quaint streets and friendly citizens, Rock Elm has become an inviting and welcoming place to call home. Local politics are just as inviting as the rest of the city, with residents taking an active role in electing their representatives. Each election cycle sees the residents coming together to discuss and debate policies and candidates affecting their lives. All candidates for office must be qualified and dedicated to representing the best interests of Rock Elm’s citizens. The recent mayoral election saw multiple contenders from different backgrounds come forward to compete for votes. Ultimately, it was incumbent Mayor Rebecca Smith who earned a second term after a heated three-way race that defined the issues facing Rock Elm’s future prospects.
The political climate in Rock Elm, WI is moderately conservative.
Pierce County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Pierce County, WI 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained strongly Republican, 55.0% to 42.0%.
Pierce county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rock Elm, WI is moderately conservative.
Pierce 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.
Rock Elm, Wisconsin: d d d 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 Rock Elm, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $3,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,087 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)