The small town of Blanchardville, WI (53516) is a tight-knit community with deep roots in local politics. As the population of the city is relatively small at just under 1,000 residents, there are not many local political candidates to choose from. However, the people of this community take their civic duties seriously and make it a priority to be well informed on all matters concerning their hometown. This includes keeping up to date with any news related to local representatives and other politicians making decisions that affect the lives of its citizens. The city council meetings are widely attended and active participation in the electoral process is always encouraged. All in all, Blanchardville takes its role as an active participant in Wisconsin politics seriously and supports candidates that best reflect the values of its diverse population.
The political climate in Zip 53516 (Blanchardville, WI) is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Lafayette County, WI 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.6%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53516 (Blanchardville, WI) is moderately conservative.
Blanchardville, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Blanchardville, 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 53516 (Blanchardville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $11,226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,815 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)