The Baraboo, WI Metro Area is vibrant with political activity. With an engaged and informed electorate, the area offers residents a wide range of options when it comes to political candidates. From local town or county races to higher office, there are numerous opportunities for Baraboo residents to get involved and cast their vote. In addition, there are many political organizations in the area that offer residents resources to learn more about issues and candidates. Local events such as town hall meetings also provide a platform for citizens to voice their opinions and discuss what they feel is important in their community. All these factors combine to create a strong democratic environment where everyone’s voice can be heard in the Baraboo Metro Area.
The political climate in Baraboo Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Baraboo Metro Area 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Baraboo metro area flipped slightly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.3%.
The Baraboo metro area flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baraboo Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Baraboo, Wisconsin: d d D D r d
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Baraboo Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,061 contributions totaling $303,728 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 677 contributions totaling $126,356 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)