The town of 53527 Cottage Grove, WI is a small community located in Dane County with a focus on local politics. As such, the people of this town tend to be very engaged and informed about their local political issues. The local government consists of an elected mayor, common council members, and various committees. These representatives are tasked with making decisions that will benefit the citizens of this area. In addition to these elected officials, there are several political action groups who work hard to ensure that citizens’ voices are heard by their representatives. Together, these different groups help shape the future of this community and contribute to its ongoing growth and development.
The political climate in Zip 53527 (Cottage Grove, 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 53527 (Cottage Grove, WI) is moderately liberal.
Cottage Grove, 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.
Cottage Grove, 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 53527 (Cottage Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,398 contributions totaling $42,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $28,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)