Vernon County, Wisconsin is a rural county located in the southwestern corner of the state. The county seat is Viroqua and is home to approximately 31,000 people. The politics of Vernon County are dominated by the Republican Party, with most current local elected officials being Republicans. At the state level, the County is represented by Senator Jennifer Shilling and Representative Todd Novak. In addition to these two legislators, Vernon County also has a number of local political candidates from both major parties vying for office each election cycle. Candidates from both parties typically discuss issues related to economic development, health care reform, education reform and environmental protection during their campaigns. All elections in Vernon County are conducted fairly and in accordance with state law.
The political climate in Vernon County, WI is leaning conservative.
In Vernon County, WI 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon county remained Republican, 51.6% to 46.8%.
Vernon county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vernon County, WI is leaning 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.
Vernon, Wisconsin: d d 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 Vernon County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,736 contributions totaling $124,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $30,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)