Wood River, WI is a small town located in the lower half of Wisconsin. With only about 500 people living in the area, Wood River does not have a large population base. However, what it lacks in size it makes up for in its strong local political presence. Local politics in Wood River are centered around issues that affect the town's residents, such as public safety, infrastructure, and economic growth. Elected officials work hard to ensure that residents have access to resources and services that will help them lead safe and prosperous lives. Local candidates often debate on topics related to these issues during election cycles, making political discourse an important part of life in Wood River.
The political climate in Wood River, WI is strongly conservative.
Burnett County, WI is strongly conservative. In Burnett County, WI 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burnett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 35.2%.
Burnett county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wood River, WI is strongly conservative.
Burnett County, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Wood River, 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 Wood River, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 215 contributions totaling $15,441 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $8,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)