Westford, WI is a small town located in Richland County. Despite its size, Westford has a vibrant and diverse political landscape. The town holds local elections every two years to elect representatives for their town government. In the last election, the residents of Westford voted in favor of a new mayor and several council members who support the growth and development of the town. With these new leaders at the helm, the citizens of Westford can be assured that their voices and opinions will be heard when it comes to matters of local policy.
The political climate in Westford town (Richland County), WI is moderately conservative.
Richland County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Richland County, WI 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained moderately Republican, 54.0% to 44.3%.
Richland county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westford town (Richland County), WI is moderately conservative.
Richland 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.
Westford town (Richland County), Wisconsin: r r 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 Westford town (Richland County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $665 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $4,554 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)