Sylvester, WI is a small town in the Midwest with a population of around 5,000 people. The mayor of Sylvester is currently Mary Smith and the other members of the city council are James Miller, Linda Wilson, Steven Brown and Sean White. Every year, there is an election to decide who will be on the city council for another two-year term. This election usually takes place in November and all eligible voters living within the city limits are able to cast their ballots. During this time, candidates from various political affiliations will often compete to become the next mayor or member of city council. Since Sylvester is a small community, politics in the region tend to focus more on local issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements and public safety initiatives rather than on national or even state politics. As such, many residents take an active role in making their voices heard during local elections so that they can have a say in how their community operates and progresses.
The political climate in Sylvester, WI is somewhat conservative.
Green County, WI is leaning liberal. In Green County, WI 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Green county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 47.5%.
Green county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sylvester, WI is somewhat conservative.
Green County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Madison Metro Area is very 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.
Sylvester, Wisconsin: d d D D d 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 Sylvester, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 821 contributions totaling $64,630 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 277 contributions totaling $169,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $611 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)