Located in rural Crawford County, 54631 Gays Mills, WI is a small rural community with a population of just over 1,300 people. Although the town is relatively small and politically conservative, it still has an active political atmosphere. The local politics in 54631 Gays Mills, WI are mainly focused on issues related to economic development, such as promoting local businesses and creating jobs for area residents. Local government leaders are also working on initiatives to improve public safety and transportation infrastructure. Since the town is so small, local candidates for political office tend to be individuals from the community who have a strong connection to the area and understand its needs.
The political climate in Zip 54631 (Gays Mills, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Crawford County, WI is leaning conservative. In Crawford County, WI 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained moderately Republican, 53.1% to 45.5%.
Crawford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54631 (Gays Mills, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Gays Mills, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Crawford County, Wisconsin is leaning 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.
Gays Mills, Wisconsin: D D D D 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 54631 (Gays Mills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $11,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)