Janesville, Wisconsin, a city with a population of around 64,000 people, is located in Southern Wisconsin. Politically, Janesville is known as a swing state and has been represented by both Democrats and Republicans in various positions over the years. The current Mayor of Janesville is Democrat Paul Sanders. Additionally, the City Council is composed of 8 members - 4 Republicans and 4 Democrats - who are all elected at-large by the citizens of Janesville every four years. Local issues that have been addressed in recent years include economic development efforts such as expanding job opportunities for residents, creating new recreational facilities for the community to enjoy, and increasing public safety measures to ensure the well-being of all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 53546 (Janesville, WI) is leaning liberal.
Rock County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Rock County, WI 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.5%.
Rock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53546 (Janesville, WI) is leaning liberal.
Janesville, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Rock County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
Janesville-Beloit Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Janesville, 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 53546 (Janesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 551 contributions totaling $39,604 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 445 contributions totaling $111,214 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)