Walworth County, Wisconsin is located in the southeastern region of the state. It's home to over 100,000 residents and covers an area of 587 square miles. Politically, Walworth County leans conservative and is represented by a mix of Republican and Democratic legislators at the local, state, and federal levels. Locally, there are numerous opportunities for citizens to get involved in their community's political process by attending town hall meetings, volunteering on campaigns, or even running for office themselves. The county also has several organizations dedicated to promoting civic engagement among its citizens. All of these resources provide Walworth County residents with the ability to have their voices heard and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Walworth County, WI is moderately conservative.
In Walworth County, WI 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walworth county remained very strongly Republican, 58.8% to 39.6%.
Walworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walworth County, WI is moderately conservative.
Whitewater Metro Area is moderately 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.
Walworth, Wisconsin: R R r 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 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 Walworth County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,546 contributions totaling $473,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,955 contributions totaling $836,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $428 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)