Politics in the small town of 53517 Blue Mounds, WI are strongly influenced by local views and values. This is a conservative area where residents tend to support traditional values and limited government. The main political parties in this area are the Republicans and Democrats, with a few independents thrown in. Each party puts forward candidates for local elections who share similar views on issues such as taxes, education, and healthcare. Every election cycle brings new people into office or re-elects incumbents who have been successful in their terms. Regardless of political affiliation, all elected officials strive to make sure the community is well served. The local government takes pride in doing its best to ensure that all residents are heard and respected regardless of their political leanings.
The political climate in Zip 53517 (Blue Mounds, WI) is moderately liberal.
Dane County, WI is very liberal. In Dane County, WI 75.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.5% to 22.9%.
Dane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53517 (Blue Mounds, WI) is moderately liberal.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin is moderately liberal.
Dane County, Wisconsin is very liberal.
Madison Metro Area is very 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.
Blue Mounds, 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 53517 (Blue Mounds)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 698 contributions totaling $54,645 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $6,295 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)