Edgerton, WI 53534 is a small city located in Dane County, and it is governed by a Mayor-council government system with the mayor being Bob Miller. The current council members are: Brian Peterson, Patrick Jones, Karen Allen, and Tom Cooper. They provide great leadership to the local community and have done an effective job at managing the city's affairs. The city has been able to remain prosperous due to their sound decision making and commitment to the betterment of the community. The city holds elections for both mayor and council every four years in April, giving residents the opportunity to have their say in who gets elected. In addition to this, Edgerton also hosts several public forums throughout the year where citizens can meet with their representatives and share their thoughts on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 53534 (Edgerton, 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 53534 (Edgerton, WI) is leaning liberal.
Edgerton, 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.
Edgerton, 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 53534 (Edgerton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 351 contributions totaling $29,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $27,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)