The Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI Metro Area is an area located in the southeastern portion of Wisconsin. It is home to multiple towns and cities, each with their own local government and political bodies. The area is also home to state representatives who are responsible for creating legislative policies that affect all citizens of the state. Along with these representatives, there are also county supervisors and city council members who are responsible for making decisions related to local tax policies, infrastructure development, public safety initiatives, and more. Local elections are held every few years in order to elect new officials who will continue to serve the community. Participation in local politics helps ensure that the citizens of the Watertown-Fort Atkinson Metro Area have a voice in how their community is governed.
The political climate in Watertown-Fort Atkinson Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Watertown-Fort Atkinson Metro Area 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Watertown-Fort Atkinson metro area remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.5%.
The Watertown-Fort Atkinson metro area voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Watertown-Fort Atkinson Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Watertown-Fort Atkinson, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Watertown-Fort Atkinson Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,612 contributions totaling $240,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,022 contributions totaling $178,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)