Hancock, WI is a small town in the midwest with a population of around 1,200 people. As a small community, politics in Hancock has traditionally been centered on local issues such as education, public health, infrastructure and economic development. The current mayor is David J. Smith who has held office since 2000 and is up for re-election this year. In addition to the Mayor's role, there are also several other elected positions including Alderman, Treasurer and Police Chief. The town holds regular town meetings where residents can voice their opinions on any number of political topics. Residents also have the opportunity to vote for candidates during elections that occur every April. Because of its size, Hancock does not have many locally known political candidates running for office at the moment but it does seek to represent its citizens in important areas such as economic growth and public safety.
The political climate in Zip 54943 (Hancock, WI) is strongly conservative.
Waushara County, WI is very conservative. In Waushara County, WI 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waushara county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 32.3%.
Waushara county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54943 (Hancock, WI) is strongly conservative.
Hancock, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Waushara County, Wisconsin is very 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.
Hancock, 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 54943 (Hancock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $3,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)