In 53717 Madison, WI, politics are an important part of the local community. Residents are passionate about staying informed and engaged in local politics and current events. The city is represented by several elected officials at the state level including a State Senator and Assembly Representatives. There is also an active City Council who addresses issues such as public safety, infrastructure, education, and more. Local voters can participate in elections to decide how their tax dollars should be spent or which candidates will represent them in government offices. People in 53717 Madison, WI take pride in being involved with political discourse both through voting and by getting to know their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 53717 (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 53717 (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 53717 (Madison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,683 contributions totaling $650,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 521 contributions totaling $181,841 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)