Tunnel City, WI is a small town in the Midwest with a population of approximately 5,000 people. Although it is not a large city in terms of population, the politics within the area are quite active. The town has an elected mayor and a six-member Town Board that oversee local government decisions. Residents of Tunnel City have the opportunity to participate in elections every two years when mayoral and Town Board seats are up for election. Additionally, there are several local organizations that lobby for various political causes or initiatives. Thus, even though Tunnel City is relatively small in size, its residents engage in active and meaningful political discourse that affects the future of their hometown.
The political climate in Tunnel City, WI is moderately conservative.
Monroe County, WI is moderately conservative. In Monroe County, WI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.3%.
Monroe county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tunnel City, WI is moderately conservative.
Monroe 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.
Tunnel City, Wisconsin: r r d r 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 Tunnel City, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 306 contributions totaling $25,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $63,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $382 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)