Pepin County is located in northwest Wisconsin and is home to over 7,000 people. Despite its relatively small population, the county is quite active politically. Several locally elected officials make up the governing body of Pepin County including members of the Board of Supervisors, County Clerk, Treasurer, Sheriff, and Register of Deeds. All these elected officials are responsible for review and approval of county initiatives as well as taking feedback from members of the community on issues related to county services such as roads, parks, public safety, and more. The candidates running for office in Pepin County are usually local individuals who have a vested interest in seeing the county thrive. Elections are held every two years and many residents take part in determining who will serve on the board and help lead their communities.
The political climate in Pepin County, WI is strongly conservative.
In Pepin County, WI 35.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pepin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.9%.
Pepin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pepin 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.
Pepin, 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 Pepin County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 346 contributions totaling $12,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $34,396 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $453 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)