The city of Beloit, WI (53511) is located in the southern portion of Rock County and offers a variety of political opportunities for its citizens. The city is part of the 44th Assembly District which is represented by Mark Spreitzer. At the federal level, Beloit is part of Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District and is represented by Bryan Steil. For local politics, Beloit has an elected Mayor and City Council members who are all responsible for enacting laws and policies that benefit the entire community. Community involvement also plays an important role in local politics as citizens can get involved through various civic organizations and committees that focus on issues such as education, neighborhood development, economic growth, public safety, and environmental conservation. All residents have a voice in how their local government operates, making sure their needs are met at both the regional and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 53511 (Beloit, 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 53511 (Beloit, WI) is leaning liberal.
Beloit, 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.
Beloit, 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 53511 (Beloit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,408 contributions totaling $118,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 613 contributions totaling $4,830,595 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $7,880 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)