Scott (Lincoln County), WI is home to a diverse political landscape. The town has always had a long history of civic engagement and active participation in local politics. Every election cycle, the residents of Scott come out in full force to support their favorite candidates, ensuring that their voices are heard. There have been several influential figures from Scott who have helped shape state and national politics, including former Senator Joe McCarthy. In recent years, the town has seen an increase in new faces running for local offices such as school board members, county supervisors and other important positions. The elections in this small rural community are always competitive and lively, with many passionate individuals vying to make positive changes in their community. As such, Scott provides an interesting glimpse into what a true grassroots democratic process looks like in action.
The political climate in Scott 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
Scott 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.
Scott 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 Scott 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)