54416 Bowler, WI is a small rural community in Shawano County. Although it may be small, the politics of the town are just as important as any other community. The residents of 54416 Bowler, WI are served politically by locally elected members of the county board of supervisors and a state representative from Wisconsin’s 5th District. Every four years, citizens of Bowler have the opportunity to cast their vote for President of the United States as well as vote in local elections for mayor and City Council members. Other local political issues that affect the residents include decisions that come before the county board related to taxes, zoning and development issues, public safety and more. All in all, political participation is very important in 54416 Bowler, WI and residents take pride in their right to make their voices heard through voting.
The political climate in Zip 54416 (Bowler, WI) is strongly conservative.
Shawano County, WI is very conservative. In Shawano County, WI 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shawano county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 31.5%.
Shawano county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54416 (Bowler, WI) is strongly conservative.
Bowler, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Shawano County, Wisconsin is very conservative.
Shawano Metro Area is strongly 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.
Bowler, 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 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 zip 54416 (Bowler)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $4,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $681 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $3,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)