Politics in 54566 Wabeno, WI are largely based around the local government. The Town of Wabeno oversees a number of services for the area, including public transportation, education, and infrastructure maintenance. Elections for the town board take place every two years, with candidates campaigning on their ideas about how best to serve the citizens of Wabeno. Issues like road repair and snowplowing are often debated during these elections. Local involvement in politics is encouraged and many have taken an active role to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to local issues. Furthermore, community organizations such as the Wabeno Chamber of Commerce also provide a way for citizens to get involved and advocate for their town’s needs.
The political climate in Zip 54566 (Wabeno, WI) is strongly conservative.
Forest County, WI is strongly conservative. In Forest County, WI 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Forest county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 34.1%.
Forest county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54566 (Wabeno, WI) is strongly conservative.
Wabeno, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Forest 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.
Wabeno, Wisconsin: r r 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 54566 (Wabeno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $1,105 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $5,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $803 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)