Dayton, WI is a small town in Waupaca County located in central Wisconsin. It has a population of around 500 people, and is home to a variety of different businesses and organizations. The political scene in Dayton is fairly typical for the region. The town is represented by two state legislators: State Senator Julie Lassa (D) representing the 24th District and State Representative David Steffen (R) representing the 87th District. In terms of national politics, Dayton residents tend to lean towards voting Republican, with the latest presidential election being won by Donald Trump with 66% of the vote compared to only 32% for Hillary Clinton. Generally, there are more local issues that draw attention from citizens than national ones, since these are more directly related to their lives. Local issues include taxes, education spending and other items that can have an immediate impact on their community.
The political climate in Dayton town (Waupaca County), WI is strongly conservative.
Waupaca County, WI is strongly conservative. In Waupaca County, WI 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waupaca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.3%.
Waupaca county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dayton town (Waupaca County), WI is strongly conservative.
Waupaca County, Wisconsin 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.
Dayton town (Waupaca County), 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 Dayton town (Waupaca County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,160 contributions totaling $160,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 582 contributions totaling $209,158 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)