Pilsen, WI is a small city located in Wisconsin with a population of approximately 1,500 people. The city is governed by a mayor and an elected council. Pilsen has two main political parties, the Democratic and Republican parties, whose members usually run for local office. The current mayor of Pilsen is Karl Schmaling, who was elected in 2019 and served on the city council prior to his election as mayor. He ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility, economic development, and improved public safety. Other candidates who have run for various positions include Aaron Boehm for City Council District 2 and Mary Lou Christensen for Alderman-At-Large. Both candidates have focused on improving the quality of life in Pilsen through the improvement of infrastructure projects, creating more job opportunities, and supporting local businesses. They both believe that improving the economy will benefit everyone living in Pilsen and contribute to increased prosperity throughout the city.
The political climate in Pilsen, WI is leaning conservative.
Bayfield County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Bayfield County, WI 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bayfield county remained strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 42.4%.
Bayfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pilsen, WI is leaning conservative.
Bayfield County, Wisconsin 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.
Pilsen, Wisconsin: D D D D d D
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Pilsen, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 586 contributions totaling $40,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $17,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)