Westport, WI is a small town in rural Wisconsin, with a population of around 800 people. The local government is composed of a mayor and four other board members who make decisions on behalf of the citizens. In recent years the Westport City Council has been focused on implementing infrastructure improvements to benefit residents, such as expanding the city’s trail system and updating roads and sewers. Additionally, Westport is home to various advocacy groups dedicated to supporting education and the environment, advocating for issues like protecting local wildlife habitats and promoting sustainability. As such, politics in Westport are strongly connected to its community-oriented nature. Residents here care deeply about their town’s future, and take an active role in shaping it through their involvement in civic processes like elections, public forums, and other initiatives.
The political climate in Westport, 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
Westport, 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.
Westport, 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 Westport, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,740 contributions totaling $2,490,241 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,120 contributions totaling $914,012 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)