The small town of Spider Lake, WI is a picturesque community located in the northern part of Wisconsin. Its political climate is one that values the traditional values of the area and stresses the importance of maintaining a strong sense of community. The local political landscape is diverse and includes candidates from both major parties as well as independents. Recent elections have seen a shift towards more progressive voices, with issues such as environmental sustainability, education, and social justice being at the forefront. Local government focuses on providing adequate services to its citizens while also supporting efforts to promote economic growth and regional collaboration. The people of Spider Lake continue to strive for an equitable society where all citizens are able to make their voice heard.
The political climate in Spider Lake, WI is somewhat conservative.
Sawyer County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Sawyer County, WI 42.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sawyer county remained strongly Republican, 56.2% to 42.8%.
Sawyer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spider Lake, WI is somewhat conservative.
Sawyer County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Spider Lake, 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 Spider Lake, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 938 contributions totaling $49,564 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 327 contributions totaling $122,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)