Wheeler, WI is a small town located in Wisconsin's Outagamie County. It has a rich history of local politics that has been shaped by the many generations of families who have called it home. The city’s government consists of a mayor and six council members that are elected every two years. Each member serves on various committees, such as the Finance, Personnel & Administration, Community Relations, Infrastructure & Services and Planning & Zoning Committees. Recent initiatives taken on by Wheeler’s local government include efforts to improve infrastructure and parks in the community. They are also working to attract new businesses and create more job opportunities for its citizens. In this way, they are striving to ensure continued prosperity for their small town.
The political climate in Zip 54772 (Wheeler, WI) is moderately conservative.
Dunn County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Dunn County, WI 42.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dunn county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 42.1%.
Dunn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54772 (Wheeler, WI) is moderately conservative.
Wheeler, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Dunn County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Menomonie Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Wheeler, Wisconsin: d 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 54772 (Wheeler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)