Aztalan, Wisconsin is a small town located in the south-central part of the state. The town has a rich history, having been founded in 1836 and being home to an ancient Native American settlement. Politically, the town is part of Jefferson County and is represented by Senator Stephen Nass in the Wisconsin State Senate and Representative Ron Kind in the United States House of Representatives. While these two political figures are well-known on both the local and national levels, other local political candidates such as county supervisors, mayors, and aldermen tend to be lesser known outside of their districts. In Aztalan specifically, local politics tend to focus on issues that are important to residents such as economic development, education reform, environmental protection, and local infrastructure improvements.
The political climate in Aztalan, WI is moderately 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
Aztalan, WI is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
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.
Aztalan, 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 Aztalan, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,375 contributions totaling $100,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $60,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)