Fayette, Wisconsin is a small rural town located in the Southwest corner of Wisconsin. The town has a small population of just over 1,000 people and is governed by a mayor and village board. The mayor and village board are responsible for overseeing all aspects of life in Fayette, ranging from public works projects to community events. Local politics in Fayette are relatively low-key with no major political parties or candidates running for office. However, the local citizens take an active role in their democracy by attending village board meetings and voting in local elections when they come up. They are passionate about making sure that their voices are heard by their elected representatives and strive to ensure that the best interests of the citizens of Fayette remain at the forefront of policy decisions.
The political climate in Fayette, WI is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Lafayette County, WI 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.6%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fayette, WI is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, Wisconsin 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.
Fayette, Wisconsin: d d D D 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 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 Fayette, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,539 contributions totaling $176,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 189 contributions totaling $27,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)