Afton, Wisconsin is a small village with a population of around 1,000 people located in the southwestern portion of St. Croix County. The village is served by two local political parties - the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Each party has their own set of candidates who run for local office each election season, and voters have the chance to decide who represents them in local government. Both parties generally support initiatives that benefit all members of the community and strive to provide quality services to Afton residents. Elections typically draw high voter turnout due to residents’ enthusiasm and pride for their town. Various candidates from both parties also work together in order to ensure that Afton is a safe and prosperous community where everyone can live and thrive.
The political climate in Zip 53501 (Afton, WI) is leaning conservative.
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 53501 (Afton, WI) is leaning conservative.
Afton, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
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.
Afton, 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 53501 (Afton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $12,763,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $455,848 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)