McFarland, Wisconsin, located in the Dane County area, is a vibrant community of roughly 8,000 people. The local government is made up of an elected mayor and village board that are responsible for helping to create the laws and regulations that keep the city running. Local elections are held every two years and citizens can cast their votes for a variety of candidates who will serve on the village board. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure developments, zoning changes, and social service initiatives are important topics that come up during election season. The mayor and village board strive to make decisions that benefit all members of the community in order to keep McFarland thriving.
The political climate in Zip 53558 (McFarland, 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 53558 (McFarland, WI) is moderately liberal.
McFarland, 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.
McFarland, 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 53558 (McFarland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 788 contributions totaling $69,176 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $29,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)