The small town of La Farge, WI (54639) is a rural community with a population of 1,251 people. Politically, La Farge has long been known for its strong commitment to local values and issues. The residents of La Farge have consistently voted for candidates who have supported fiscal responsibility, environmental protection, responsible land use policies, and other progressive concerns in the face of state-level trends that might be less friendly to such goals. Since Wisconsin's partisan primary system allows voters to choose their preferred candidate regardless of party affiliation, many of the local representatives elected in La Farge are from outside the traditional two-party system. These independent voices bring an important perspective to Wisconsin's governing body and help ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to making decisions affecting the well-being of La Farge's citizens.
The political climate in Zip 54639 (La Farge, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, WI is leaning conservative. In Vernon County, WI 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon county remained Republican, 51.6% to 46.8%.
Vernon county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54639 (La Farge, WI) is somewhat conservative.
La Farge, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, Wisconsin is leaning 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.
La Farge, Wisconsin: d d D D 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 54639 (La Farge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 169 contributions totaling $34,844 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)