Waunakee, Wisconsin is a small town with a strong sense of community and pride. The town is served by an elected Town Board which represents the citizens of Waunakee in making decisions on local issues affecting the town such as budgetary matters, infrastructure improvements, and other matters that are important to community members. Local political candidates in Waunakee come from all walks of life and have a wide variety of platforms. They strive to work together to ensure that all residents feel heard and their needs are met. Overall, politics in Waunakee aims to create an environment where citizens can thrive and feel safe while living in harmony with each other.
The political climate in Waunakee, WI is somewhat 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
Waunakee, WI is somewhat 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.
Waunakee, 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 Waunakee, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,302 contributions totaling $119,303 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 378 contributions totaling $151,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $402 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)