The small town of Lac du Flambeau, WI (zip code 54538) is located in the rural lands of northern Wisconsin. As a community of less than 4,000 people, politics in the area are relatively quiet and local. The majority of the residents here are members of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and the local political leadership reflects this heritage. The tribe recently elected new leaders to serve on their Tribal Council, which is responsible for governing tribal law and policy. Additionally, tribal representatives are selected to sit on councils that oversee environmental protection and economic development initiatives within the surrounding area. Outside of these tribal committees, there aren't any other notable political entities or candidates that actively participate in the local political sphere.
The political climate in Zip 54538 (Lac du Flambeau, WI) is moderately conservative.
Vilas County, WI is moderately conservative. In Vilas County, WI 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vilas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 38.4%.
Vilas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54538 (Lac du Flambeau, WI) is moderately conservative.
Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Vilas 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.
Lac du Flambeau, 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 zip 54538 (Lac du Flambeau)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 511 contributions totaling $30,623 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)