Watertown, WI is a small city located in the southeastern part of Wisconsin. The city has a strong history of being an active and engaged political community. Local politics are shaped by both local and state-level perspectives, which strive to create an atmosphere of collaboration and progress. At the local level, residents elect representatives to serve on the Common Council and other municipal boards. These representatives work together to create laws that benefit the entire community. Additionally, Watertown hosts numerous events throughout the year where citizens can learn more about current political issues and offer their opinions on how to solve them. With so many opportunities for civic engagement, Watertown is a great place for individuals to get involved with politics and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Watertown, WI is somewhat conservative.
Jefferson County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Jefferson County, WI 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, Jefferson county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.5%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Watertown, WI is somewhat conservative.
Jefferson County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Beaver Dam Metro Area is strongly 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, 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 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 Watertown, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 632 contributions totaling $31,392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 313 contributions totaling $42,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)