Wheaton, WI is an small town with a population of just over 1,000 people. Despite its size, the city still has a very active political scene. Local leaders are focused on improving roads and infrastructure, attracting new businesses to the area and providing quality services to citizens. The local city council meets regularly to discuss such issues, and they also hold public meetings in which residents can voice their opinions and concerns. They also keep up-to-date on state and federal legislation that may affect their municipality. Wheaton is proud of its commitment to keeping its citizens informed about local politics and encourages active civic participation.
The political climate in Wheaton, WI is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, WI is moderately conservative. In Chippewa County, WI 38.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chippewa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.9%.
Chippewa county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheaton, WI is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Eau Claire Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wheaton, 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 Wheaton, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,176 contributions totaling $273,211 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 741 contributions totaling $359,498 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $485 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)