Rhinelander, Wisconsin is located in Oneida County and is the seat of government for the area. In Rhinelander, politics are mostly centered around local issues that affect the everyday lives of Rhinelander residents. The city is currently governed by an elected mayor and six-member Common Council. The mayor and council work to ensure that the city functions in a manner that meets the needs of its citizens. They oversee matters such as zoning decisions, budgetary concerns, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and other related matters. This year's election will determine who will lead Rhinelander for the next four years. The candidates running for office have a wide range of backgrounds and experience that they bring to the political process. With their help, Rhinelander can continue to be a great place to live and work for many years to come.
The political climate in Zip 54501 (Rhinelander, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Oneida County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Oneida County, WI 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oneida county remained strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.8%.
Oneida county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54501 (Rhinelander, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Rhinelander, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Oneida County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Rhinelander, 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 54501 (Rhinelander)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 484 contributions totaling $121,782 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $35,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)