Rusk County, Wisconsin is a rural area located in the northern part of the state. The county politics is mainly run by local elected officials who are in charge of setting budgets and making decisions for the community. These officials represent the interests of their constituents by advocating for legislation that would benefit the people of Rusk County. They strive to ensure that services such as health care, education, public transportation, and infrastructure are adequately funded and improved upon. Local political candidates regularly campaign within the county in order to get their message out to potential voters and gain their support for particular issues. Issues discussed at election time usually include topics such as healthcare, immigration, crime reduction, economic development, and equal rights initiatives. All candidates must demonstrate their commitment to representing the people of Rusk County if they hope to be successful at winning elections.
The political climate in Rusk County, WI is very conservative.
In Rusk County, WI 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rusk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.9%.
Rusk county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rusk County, WI is very 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.
Rusk, 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 Rusk County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 426 contributions totaling $29,689 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $14,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)