Crawford County, Wisconsin is a rural county in Southwest Wisconsin populated by about 16,000 people. It is governed by the Crawford County Board of Supervisors, which consists of 15 members elected from the county's seven districts. Local politics in the county are largely focused on issues like economic development, public education and public safety. In recent years, there has been an effort to attract businesses and provide more jobs for residents. Additionally, education initiatives have been proposed to improve school facilities and resources to better prepare students for future success. On the local level, candidates running for office often focus on issues that will benefit their constituents. These can range from improving infrastructure and access to services to creating new opportunities or increasing support for existing businesses in the area.
The political climate in Crawford County, WI is leaning conservative.
In Crawford County, WI 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained moderately Republican, 53.1% to 45.5%.
Crawford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crawford 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.
Crawford, 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 Crawford County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 916 contributions totaling $51,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $67,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)