The city of 54015 Hammond, WI is located in St. Croix County and is a part of the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It is governed by an elected mayor and six-member city council who are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that benefit the community as a whole. The current mayor, Karen Anderson, was elected in 2018 and has worked to make Hammond a more attractive place to live by investing in infrastructure improvements and increasing public safety efforts. Local political candidates running for office in 2020 include Robert Gessner for mayor and Christina Romano, Barry Millbee, Nikki Sorensen, Jake Groat, and Dave Smith for city council. These candidates have all pledged to work towards preserving the unique character of Hammond while still growing the economy through sustainable development that meets the needs of the local residents.
The political climate in Zip 54015 (Hammond, WI) is moderately conservative.
St. Croix County, WI is somewhat conservative. In St. Croix County, WI 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Croix county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.9%.
St. Croix county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54015 (Hammond, WI) is moderately conservative.
Hammond, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
St. Croix County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hammond, 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 54015 (Hammond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $3,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)