Located in Vernon County, WI, 54667 Westby is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people. There are two main political parties represented in the area—the Republican and Democratic parties. Local elections for city council and other positions occur every 2-4 years to decide on the individuals who will be representing the town and its citizens. Currently, the Westby City Council is made up of both Republicans and Democrats, providing a balanced perspective when it comes to decision-making in the local government. Each election season, candidates from both major parties will campaign in an effort to get their voices heard and their ideas implemented into policy. The residents of 54667 Westby take their politics seriously and come out to the polls on election day each year to cast their votes for whom they believe best represents their interests and values.
The political climate in Zip 54667 (Westby, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, WI is leaning conservative. In Vernon County, WI 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon county remained Republican, 51.6% to 46.8%.
Vernon county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54667 (Westby, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Westby, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, Wisconsin is leaning 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.
Westby, 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 54667 (Westby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 229 contributions totaling $8,152 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $5,907 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)