The Janesville-Beloit, WI Metro Area is an area with a strong sense of community and local politics. With numerous local organizations, politicians, and citizens with a vested interest in the future of the area, the Janesville-Beloit area has seen incredible progress in recent years. Locally elected officials are highly dedicated to the well-being of their constituents and work hard to ensure that the needs of all community members are addressed. From infrastructure upgrades to initiatives designed to increase job opportunities for residents, local politics have had a positive impact on the Janesville-Beloit region. Local politicians have worked diligently to create an environment where businesses can thrive and everyone can feel safe and at home. As the area continues to grow and develop, it is sure that local politics will remain an important part of keeping this vibrant metro area thriving for many years to come.
The political climate in Janesville-Beloit Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Janesville-Beloit Metro Area 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, the Janesville-Beloit metro area remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.5%.
The Janesville-Beloit metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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-Beloit, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Janesville-Beloit Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,133 contributions totaling $406,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,212 contributions totaling $18,524,487 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $8,375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)