West Baraboo, WI is a small town in the Midwest region of the United States. It has a mayor-council system of government and all members of the council are elected by residents in the community. The current mayor is John Smith who was elected to office in the 2020 election. The primary issues facing West Baraboo include infrastructure improvements, economic growth, and public safety. Local political candidates have recently focused their campaigns on finding solutions to these issues and advocating for a brighter future for the town. Through debates and meetings with local leaders, they have worked hard to provide innovative ideas to address the needs of West Baraboo's citizens.
The political climate in West Baraboo, WI is leaning conservative.
Sauk County, WI is leaning liberal. In Sauk County, WI 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sauk county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.3%.
Sauk county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Baraboo, WI is leaning conservative.
Sauk County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Baraboo Metro Area is leaning 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.
West Baraboo, Wisconsin: d d D D r 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 West Baraboo, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,967 contributions totaling $90,560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $21,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)