The small town of 54123 Forest Junction, WI is home to many passionate citizens who enjoy engaging in local politics. The city council is composed of five members elected by the community to set policy and represent their interests on a variety of issues. Each year, the city council hosts several public hearings and meetings for the citizens to voice their opinions and make an impact on the future of their town. There are also city-sponsored events that focus on furthering civic engagement and participation in local government. Politically, 54123 Forest Junction has been known as a conservative stronghold, with many passionate advocates for small business owners and individual freedoms. Although not all citizens agree on every issue, there is a sense of respect between those with differing views that helps bring about compromise in contentious areas.
The political climate in Zip 54123 (Forest Junction, WI) is moderately conservative.
Calumet County, WI is moderately conservative. In Calumet County, WI 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calumet county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 39.4%.
Calumet county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54123 (Forest Junction, WI) is moderately conservative.
Forest Junction, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Calumet County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Appleton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Forest Junction, Wisconsin: R R d 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 54123 (Forest Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)