Springfield (Jackson County), WI is a small rural town in Wisconsin with a population of just over 1,000 people. The politics of Springfield are largely driven by local issues such as economic development and access to public services like education and healthcare. Locally elected officials consist of a mayor and city council members who work together to shape the policies that guide Springfield and its residents. The city council often holds public meetings where citizens can have their voices heard or bring up any concerns they may have about the town. Despite the size of Springfield, there is an engaged citizenry that takes an active role in crafting the future of their community.
The political climate in Springfield town (Jackson County), WI is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Jackson County, WI 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.8%.
Jackson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Springfield town (Jackson County), WI is moderately conservative.
Jackson 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.
Springfield town (Jackson County), Wisconsin: d d 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 Springfield town (Jackson County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $7,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)