Florence County, Wisconsin is a rural county located in the upper peninsula of Wisconsin. It is home to a population of 4,254 people and is focused on agricultural activities. Politically, Florence County has long been considered a Republican stronghold, with Republicans consistently holding office locally for decades. This trend has continued in recent years, with all four members on the Florence County Board being registered Republicans. Locally elected offices include Sheriff, Clerk of Courts, Coroner, Register of Deeds and Treasurer. Each of these positions are held by Republicans who have held or ran uncontested in their elections since taking office. The current state legislators for Florence County are Senator Tom Tiffany and Representative Mary Felzkowski, both Republicans. This pattern shows that there is little political diversity in Florence County’s local government at present.
The political climate in Florence County, WI is very conservative.
In Florence County, WI 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Florence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 26.6%.
Florence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Florence County, WI is very conservative.
Iron Mountain Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Florence, Wisconsin: R R R 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 Florence County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $3,051 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $8,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)