The politics of 54005 Clear Lake, WI is a mainly conservative landscape. The city and villages throughout the area are small rural communities that lean Republican in their political views. Local elections typically consist of candidates who share the same conservative values and beliefs. The main goals of local politicians are generally to continue preserving the natural beauty and culture of the area while also advocating for local economic growth. Issues such as job creation, infrastructure improvement, and maintaining a high quality of life for citizens are usually at the forefront of local debates during election seasons.
The political climate in Zip 54005 (Clear 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 54005 (Clear Lake, WI) is strongly conservative.
Clear 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.
Clear 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 54005 (Clear Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)