Shell Lake, WI is a small rural town located in northwest Wisconsin. It has a close-knit community and local politics are very important to residents. The city is represented by elected officials at the local and county levels, such as the mayor, city council members, county commissioners, and school board members. There are several political parties in Shell Lake ranging from Republicans to Libertarians to Independents. Each election season, candidates from all parties vie for votes of the citizens of Shell Lake in order to represent them in their respective offices. With no party firmly in control, elections are often hotly contested races that result in an engaged citizenry who take part in local politics and strive to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 54871 (Shell Lake, WI) is strongly conservative.
Washburn County, WI is moderately conservative. In Washburn County, WI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washburn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.3%.
Washburn county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54871 (Shell Lake, WI) is strongly conservative.
Shell Lake, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Washburn County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Shell Lake, Wisconsin: r r d 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 54871 (Shell Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $3,223 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)