Melrose, WI is a small rural community of about 1,200 people located in the western part of Wisconsin. The town has a long history of political activism, with the majority of citizens voting for local candidates who support their values and beliefs. In recent years, this commitment to civic engagement has been evident in the strong presence of local volunteer groups such as the Melrose Town Council and the Melrose Preservation Society. The town also provides a variety of opportunities for citizens to become involved in politics through local elections, community meetings, and other events. All of these efforts have helped to make Melrose an active participant in the political process on both state and federal levels.
The political climate in Zip 54642 (Melrose, WI) is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Jackson County, WI 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.8%.
Jackson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54642 (Melrose, WI) is moderately conservative.
Melrose, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Melrose, Wisconsin: d d D D 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 54642 (Melrose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 197 contributions totaling $8,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $3,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)