Janesville, WI is a small city in southern Wisconsin. The city is known for its vibrant culture and strong sense of community. Politically, Janesville is a swing county that usually votes for candidates from both major parties. In recent elections, the focus has been on issues like economic development, public safety, health care access, and education. Local political candidates have campaigned on these issues and advocated for policies to improve the quality of life in Janesville. In 2020, the citizens of Janesville will have an important decision to make when it comes to choosing their next representatives in local government.
The political climate in Janesville, WI is leaning liberal.
Rock County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Rock County, WI 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.5%.
Rock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Janesville, WI is leaning liberal.
Rock County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
Janesville-Beloit Metro Area 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.
Janesville, 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 Janesville, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,009 contributions totaling $225,315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,294 contributions totaling $870,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $673 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)