Juneau County, WI is a small rural county with a population of 26,631 (2020) located in Central Wisconsin. The county has a board of supervisors, who are responsible for providing oversight to the various local departments and services. In addition to the supervisors, Juneau County also has a County Board Chair and a County Clerk/Treasurer. The county is served by two state senators, representing District 21 and District 22 respectively. Locally elected officials include the Sheriff, District Attorney, Clerk of Courts, Register of Deeds and Coroner all serving four-year terms. The local politics in Juneau County center around improving the quality of life for residents through programs that provide better access to services such as health care and education. Community involvement is essential in driving political change in Juneau County as residents can play an important role in advocating for their needs.
The political climate in Juneau County, WI is strongly conservative.
In Juneau County, WI 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Juneau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.6%.
Juneau county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Juneau 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.
Juneau, Wisconsin: r r d d 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 Juneau County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 479 contributions totaling $27,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $22,089 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)