Iron, WI County is a quiet rural area located in Northern Wisconsin. It is governed by a local Board of Supervisors that represents the people of Iron County and makes decisions on issues such as zoning, taxation, road maintenance and public safety. The board is composed of three members who are elected to four-year terms. They work closely with the county administrator to ensure that the community's needs are met. Additionally, Iron County participates in state and federal elections which allow citizens to vote for representatives and initiatives that they believe will benefit their community. Residents of Iron County are actively engaged in politics and have a strong sense of civic responsibility when it comes to voting and making their voices heard in local government.
The political climate in Iron County, WI is moderately conservative.
In Iron County, WI 38.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 38.2%.
Iron county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2004 and 2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Iron County, WI is moderately 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.
Iron, Wisconsin: r d 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 Iron County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 138 contributions totaling $22,628 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $11,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)