The small town of Glidden, WI (zip code 54527) is a quiet place with a population of about 1,500 people. Politically, the town leans conservatively and votes mostly Republican in local and state elections. The most recent election in 2020 saw incumbent Democratic senator Tammy Baldwin receive about 49% of the vote to Republican challenger Leah Vukmir's 51%. There have been some local election cycles recently that saw two or more candidates running for office, but ultimately only one candidate either won or was appointed to the office due to the lack of competition. Generally, Glidden is a peaceful and politically calm place with no major controversies or concerns among citizens when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 54527 (Glidden, WI) is leaning liberal.
Ashland County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Ashland County, WI 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 43.9%.
Ashland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54527 (Glidden, WI) is leaning liberal.
Glidden, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Ashland County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Glidden, 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 54527 (Glidden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $1,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)