The small city of Lakewood, WI (zip code 54138), located in Racine County, is an agricultural community with a population of about 1,500 people. Despite its small size, there are still several local political candidates who are actively involved in the community. In recent years, the main issues facing Lakewood have been infrastructure improvements and economic growth. Local politicians have worked to bring new business to the area while also investing in public works projects such as road repairs and upgrades to the local school system. Other issues important to the local electorate include health care, affordable housing, and environmental protection. Overall, the citizens of Lakewood are generally satisfied with their local representation and appreciate their elected officials’ efforts to make their city a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 54138 (Lakewood, WI) is strongly conservative.
Oconto County, WI is very conservative. In Oconto County, WI 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oconto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.9% to 28.9%.
Oconto county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54138 (Lakewood, WI) is strongly conservative.
Lakewood, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Oconto County, Wisconsin is very conservative.
Green Bay Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Lakewood, 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 54138 (Lakewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $7,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $778 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)