Winchester (Vilas County), Wisconsin is a small town with a population of around 1,100 people. The town is governed by the Town Board and is composed of the Chairperson and four Supervisors. The Town Board is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the local government, such as budgeting, land use regulations, and public health issues. Local elections are held every two years to decide on who will be elected to serve on the Town Board. At these elections, residents vote for candidates from different political parties who are running for various positions on the board. Each party usually nominates their own candidates to run in the election, giving residents an opportunity to choose from a number of different options when it comes to local politics. Additionally, citizens have an opportunity to voice their opinions on important issues facing Winchester through participating in local meetings or by voting in referendums on certain topics that arise throughout the year. Overall, Winchester's politics are open and transparent, allowing citizens to have a say in how their local government functions.
The political climate in Winchester town (Vilas County), WI is moderately conservative.
Vilas County, WI is moderately conservative. In Vilas County, WI 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vilas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 38.4%.
Vilas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winchester town (Vilas County), WI is moderately conservative.
Vilas 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.
Winchester town (Vilas County), Wisconsin: R R r 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 Winchester town (Vilas County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 545 contributions totaling $33,990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $16,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)