In 54747 Independence, WI, politics involve a wide range of topics and issues that affect the local community. The local government leaders are dedicated to making sure that citizens have access to resources needed for success. They focus on providing quality education, protecting public safety, supporting economic development efforts, and developing infrastructure. Additionally, they strive to ensure that all citizens have an equitable voice in their government and the ability to participate in decision-making processes. While candidates may come and go with election cycles, the community strives for a greater good through focused leadership and collaboration across all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 54747 (Independence, WI) is moderately conservative.
Trempealeau County, WI is moderately conservative. In Trempealeau County, WI 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Trempealeau county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.9%.
Trempealeau county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54747 (Independence, WI) is moderately conservative.
Independence, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Trempealeau County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Independence, 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 zip 54747 (Independence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $4,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)