Baldwin, WI is a small town located in St. Croix County with a population of approximately 2,500. It is governed by a mayor and a five-member city council that presides over the communities affairs. Elections are held every two years for members of the city council and mayor. The town's political climate is generally conservative as is the state of Wisconsin itself. Although there are no local candidate names listed here, Baldwin has had representatives from both major parties on its city council over the years. Issues that come before council members often include matters such as zoning ordinances, police and fire budgets, and economic development projects to name just a few. Baldwin's citizens take their civic duty seriously and are actively involved in local politics through volunteering or occasionally running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 54002 (Baldwin, WI) is moderately conservative.
St. Croix County, WI is somewhat conservative. In St. Croix County, WI 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Croix county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.9%.
St. Croix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54002 (Baldwin, WI) is moderately conservative.
Baldwin, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
St. Croix County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Baldwin, 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 zip 54002 (Baldwin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $3,297 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $4,384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)