Middleton, WI is a small town located in Dane County and is known for its strong sense of community. Politically, the town has seen significant changes over the past few years with an increase in voter turnout. Despite being a smaller city, Middleton boasts a strong local political presence. The city council consists of seven members who are held accountable to their constituents and regularly discuss issues that affect the town's citizens like infrastructure projects, economic growth and public safety initiatives. During elections, local candidates from both major political parties fight to represent Middleton residents on important issues like education funding or environmental protection laws. While politics can be divisive in many cities, Middleton strives to ensure all voices are heard when it comes to deciding the future of this place they call home.
The political climate in Middleton, WI is moderately liberal.
Dane County, WI is very liberal. In Dane County, WI 75.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.5% to 22.9%.
Dane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Middleton, WI is moderately liberal.
Dane County, Wisconsin is very liberal.
Madison Metro Area is very 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.
Middleton, 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 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 Middleton, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33,238 contributions totaling $4,520,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,627 contributions totaling $893,281 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)