Merrillan, WI is a small rural town located in the heart of Wisconsin. It has approximately 800 residents and is part of Jackson County. The local political scene in Merrillan is quite active, with multiple candidates running for office at all levels from county to state. These candidates must be approved by the town's residents, who are encouraged to get involved and learn more about the issues that are important to them. There are many opportunities for citizens to engage in the local political process, including attending debates and forums held by the candidates or volunteering on campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 54754 (Merrillan, 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 54754 (Merrillan, WI) is moderately conservative.
Merrillan, 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.
Merrillan, 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 54754 (Merrillan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $634 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)