Janesville, WI is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin with a population of 64,000. It is the county seat and has been an important center for business and culture since it was founded in 1835. This city has a strong history of local politics as well, hosting several prominent politicians from both sides of the aisle. Most recently, Brett Davis, a Republican representative served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 2005 to 2011. Janesville also elected Democrat Amy Loudenbeck to the state assembly in 2012. She currently serves as chairwoman of the Assembly Committee on Insurance which oversees all aspects of insurance regulation in the state. Additionally, John Spiros was elected to represent Wisconsin's 85th District in 2017 and still serves today. With a history of involvement in local politics, Janesville continues to be an important part of politic decision making across Wisconsin.
The political climate in Zip 53548 (Janesville, WI) is leaning liberal.
Rock County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Rock County, WI 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.5%.
Rock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53548 (Janesville, WI) is leaning liberal.
Janesville, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Rock County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
Janesville-Beloit Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Janesville, 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 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 53548 (Janesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 537 contributions totaling $17,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $49,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)