The politics in 53523 Lake Ripley, WI are largely driven by the local community. From school boards to city council meetings, the citizens of Lake Ripley have a hand in determining how their community is run. Every few years, elections are held for key positions such as mayor and council members. Candidates typically come from within the community and focus on issues that matter to local residents. Residents actively participate in voting and other political activities to ensure that their community is represented appropriately at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 53523 (Lake Ripley, WI) is moderately liberal.
Dane County, WI is very liberal. In Dane County, WI 75.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.5% to 22.9%.
Dane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53523 (Lake Ripley, WI) is moderately liberal.
Lake Ripley, Wisconsin is moderately liberal.
Dane County, Wisconsin is very liberal.
Madison Metro Area is very 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.
Lake Ripley, 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 53523 (Lake Ripley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 404 contributions totaling $37,199 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $4,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)