Lafayette County is located in Southwest Wisconsin and is home to a thriving population of more than 16,000 people. The county is governed by the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors, which consists of five supervisors elected from single-member districts. The board serves as the legislative body for the county, setting policy and passing laws that affect the entire county. In addition to the local government, Lafayette County residents participate in statewide and federal elections that determine who will represent them on larger issues such as taxes, state laws, and national policies. A variety of political candidates run for office in Lafayette County at all levels of government, offering their services to citizens who are looking for representation or change within their community.
The political climate in Lafayette County, WI is somewhat conservative.
In Lafayette County, WI 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.6%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lafayette County, WI is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Lafayette, Wisconsin: d d D D 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Lafayette County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,144 contributions totaling $156,679 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 217 contributions totaling $23,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)