Barron, WI County is a small rural community located in the northwest part of Wisconsin. The county has a long history of political involvement and engagement, with local voters regularly participating in elections for state and national offices. In recent years, the county has seen increased attention from political candidates running for various positions, including representatives in the state legislature. Local residents are committed to making sure their voices are heard when it comes to important issues like healthcare, education, and economic development. Through voting and active participation in their local politics, Barron County citizens are able to ensure that their needs are met by those who represent them in government.
The political climate in Barron County, WI is strongly conservative.
In Barron County, WI 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 36.3%.
Barron county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barron County, WI is strongly conservative.
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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.
Barron, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Barron County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,356 contributions totaling $149,283 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 470 contributions totaling $172,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)