The politics in 54810 Balsam Lake, WI are largely shaped by local politicians who serve on the town council. These individuals are responsible for developing and enacting laws, policies, and regulations that help ensure the community is a safe and secure place to live. The council is comprised of members from various political backgrounds, ensuring that all voices in the community are heard and represented. In addition to the town council, there are also state representatives and senators who represent 54810 Balsam Lake in Madison. They are responsible for bringing local issues to the attention of state-level lawmakers through testimony and other forms of communication. By doing so, they help ensure that the people of 54810 Balsam Lake have a representative voice in state-level politics.
The political climate in Zip 54810 (Balsam Lake, WI) is strongly conservative.
Polk County, WI is strongly conservative. In Polk County, WI 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.5%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54810 (Balsam Lake, WI) is strongly conservative.
Balsam Lake, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Polk County, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Balsam Lake, 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 54810 (Balsam Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 288 contributions totaling $9,655 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,913 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)