The small town of Wascott, WI is home to a tight-knit community. Politically, the citizens of Wascott tend to be quite traditional in their views and values. Local issues tend to revolve around maintaining the rural character of the town, such as investigating ways to keep the local farms and small businesses thriving. While there are no current local political candidates in Wascott, many residents take part in elections on a national level by participating in debates and voting for their preferred candidates. The citizens of Wascott strive to make sure their voices are heard and that their concerns are addressed, both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Wascott, WI is leaning conservative.
Douglas County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Douglas County, WI 53.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained moderately Democratic, 53.6% to 44.3%.
Douglas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wascott, WI is leaning conservative.
Douglas County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Wascott, 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 Wascott, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 149 contributions totaling $19,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $70,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $662 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)