Richfield, Wisconsin is a small village located in Washington County. It has an estimated population of 1,546 people according to the 2019 U.S. Census Bureau estimate. The village is governed by a Board of Trustees that consists of seven members representing three districts in the village and are elected to two-year terms on the first Tuesday of April each year. The current mayor of Richfield is John Freismuth and he has held this position since 2013. Although there are no local political candidates running for office, residents participate in state and federal elections and can voice their opinion on matters of importance to the community through voting. Richfield's local election turnout rate has been growing steadily over the last few years due to awareness campaigns from local organizations as well as increased civic engagement from its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 53017 (Richfield, WI) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, WI is very conservative. In Washington County, WI 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 30.3%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53017 (Richfield, WI) is strongly conservative.
Richfield, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Wisconsin is very conservative.
Milwaukee-Waukesha Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Richfield, 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 53017 (Richfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $8,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 275 contributions totaling $94,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)