Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, located in Fond du Lac County, is a mid-sized city of roughly 43,000 people. It is home to numerous parks and trails, as well as a vibrant downtown district with plenty of shopping and dining options. Politically, Fond du Lac leans heavily towards the Democratic Party. In the last presidential election, over 66 percent of the population voted for the Democratic candidate. At the local level, many of the elected officials are members of the Democratic Party. The mayor is a longtime Democrat who was first elected into office in 2015 and has been reelected since then. Additionally, all six members of the City Council are Democrats who have held office for multiple terms. As such, local politics tend to be dominated by progressive policies that aim to ensure economic growth and prosperity for all citizens in Fond du Lac.
The political climate in Zip 54935 (Fond du Lac, WI) is moderately conservative.
Fond du Lac County, WI is strongly conservative. In Fond du Lac County, WI 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fond du Lac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.0%.
Fond du Lac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54935 (Fond du Lac, WI) is moderately conservative.
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Fond du Lac Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Fond du Lac, 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 54935 (Fond du Lac)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 998 contributions totaling $68,263 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 521 contributions totaling $102,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)