Phillips, WI is a small town located in the northwoods of Wisconsin. It has a population of approximately 1,000 people and is part of the larger Price County community. The local political landscape in Phillips is an interesting one; it is mostly comprised of independent candidates that are supported by the citizens of Phillips over larger-party candidates. This has been the trend for many years, and election results show that independent candidates win more often than not in Phillips. Despite its small size, Phillips takes pride in having their own voice when it comes to choosing their political representatives. Local elections often draw a large turn-out with lots of excitement and debate surrounding the issues at hand. The townspeople have a great sense of civic duty and take pride in keeping their local politics clean and organized. Consequently, many believe that this contributes to the overall positive atmosphere in Phillips and helps to keep corruption out of local politics.
The political climate in Zip 54555 (Phillips, WI) is strongly conservative.
Price County, WI is strongly conservative. In Price County, WI 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Price county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 35.5%.
Price county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54555 (Phillips, WI) is strongly conservative.
Phillips, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Price County, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Phillips, Wisconsin: r 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 zip 54555 (Phillips)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $4,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $4,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)