I was in a village Obama beat Romney by 1 vote in today

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

"Village" being the term because that's how the state of Wisconsin decided to incorporate it. Nothing notable it other than it being a fairly redneck place, when I stopped at a gas station there was hordes of hunting magazines for sale, but that's kind of expected in this area even for towns that notable.

But something I looked up and was interested in. Not every day you find such a place, so always interesting.

[ElectionsGuy]

Where was this? There are plenty of rural, toss-up areas in Wisconsin.

[memphis]

I know several state legally use the term "village," but it's still stupid. A village is a small pre-industrial settlement, not a suburban town.
This is a village:

This is not a village:

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Where was this? There are plenty of rural, toss-up areas in Wisconsin.

Guess. It's not too hard to look up considering it was obviously near the border near the Twin Cities.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I know several state legally use the term "village," but it's still stupid. A village is a small pre-industrial settlement, not a suburban town.
This is a village:

This is not a village:

Well Minnesota and North Dakota call every incorporated settlement a "city", therefore you have "cities" with a population of like 60. Wisconsin does differentiate, but can't use the term "town", because they use "town" as a shorthand for "township". Hence use of the term "village". Please note these designations were probably written and made up a long time ago.

For the record I have no problem with the Minnesota/North Dakota system on this, as in terms of incorporation size isn't that important and there's not much need for different categories. An incorporated municipality is an incorporated municipality.

[ElectionsGuy]

Where was this? There are plenty of rural, toss-up areas in Wisconsin.

Guess. It's not too hard to look up considering it was obviously near the border near the Twin Cities.

Give me a county.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Where was this? There are plenty of rural, toss-up areas in Wisconsin.

Guess. It's not too hard to look up considering it was obviously near the border near the Twin Cities.

Give me a county.

Pierce

[ElectionsGuy]

Where was this? There are plenty of rural, toss-up areas in Wisconsin.

Guess. It's not too hard to look up considering it was obviously near the border near the Twin Cities.

Give me a county.

Pierce

Ellsworth?

[muon2]

Since 1961 IL has used village and city to distinguish the type of government, not the size. A village has 6 trustees and a president all elected at large. A city has a mayor and aldermen by ward if it a mayor-council form of government or a mayor and councilmen if it a managerial form of government. Each form gives different powers to the officials.