Sister Bay, WI is a small town in Door County with a population of just over 1,000 people. Political decisions in this area are largely determined by local government officials elected by the citizens. The Mayor of Sister Bay is currently Bonnifer LaFaire, who has served in this role since 2018 and was re-elected for a second term in April 2020. Sister Bay also has an elected Town Board that consists of six members who oversee various aspects of the town's operations. Additionally, there are often local elections for state representatives or county supervisors that residents can participate in to have their voices heard on larger issues. The current political climate in Sister Bay reflects the values of its citizens—a commitment to responsible public service and responsible management of public funds.
The political climate in Sister Bay, WI is leaning conservative.
Door County, WI is leaning liberal. In Door County, WI 49.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Door county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.9% to 48.5%.
Door county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sister Bay, WI is leaning conservative.
Door County, Wisconsin is leaning 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.
Sister Bay, Wisconsin: r r D d r 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 Sister Bay, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 983 contributions totaling $65,667 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 223 contributions totaling $88,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)