The politics in 53704 Madison, WI are heavily influenced by the larger city of Madison, which is the state capital of Wisconsin. In this area, the local politics are largely dominated by the Democratic Party, although there are many independent and third-party candidates who have been able to make a name for themselves in recent years. The current mayor of Madison is Satya Rhodes-Conway, a progressive Democrat who has been leading the city since 2019. At the state level, Senator Tammy Baldwin has held her seat since 2013 and is currently running for reelection. On the national level, Rep. Mark Pocan holds the congressional seat representing 53704 Madison in Congress and is widely seen as an advocate for progressive issues and stronger protections for working people.
The political climate in Zip 53704 (Madison, WI) is strongly 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 53704 (Madison, WI) is strongly liberal.
Madison, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Madison, 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 53704 (Madison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,160 contributions totaling $1,156,935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 603 contributions totaling $390,864 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $648 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)