Junction City, WI, located in 54443, is a small town with a population of around 1,000 people. Despite its small size, the city contains a vibrant political scene. Every election season brings out plenty of local candidates who are vying for positions on the city council and school board. The elections are often hotly contested as the citizens of Junction City take their civic duty seriously. All parties have a chance to get involved in politics and have their voice heard as various opinions are respected and debated about in local forums and public meetings. Local politicians work hard to ensure that policies benefit their constituents and build a strong community. Ultimately, it is the citizens of Junction City who decide which direction the town will go in terms of its politics.
The political climate in Zip 54443 (Junction City, WI) is leaning conservative.
Portage County, WI is leaning liberal. In Portage County, WI 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Portage county remained Democratic, 50.3% to 47.5%.
Portage county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54443 (Junction City, WI) is leaning conservative.
Junction City, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Portage County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Stevens Point Metro Area is leaning 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.
Junction City, 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 54443 (Junction City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $1,065 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $14,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $892 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)