The small city of Mineral Point, WI (zip code 53565) is located in Iowa County and is home to an estimated 2,400 people. As such, it does not have a wide range of local political candidates running for office. The mayor is elected in a non-partisan race every two years, while other city officials are appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council. At the county level, Iowa County has three seats in the Wisconsin State Legislature representing it at the state level. Most recently, these positions were held by Democrats Melissa Sargent and Amy Loudenbeck, as well as Republican Terry Moulton. Iowa County also has a Circuit Court judge that hears civil and criminal cases within its jurisdiction. On a national level, Wisconsin's third congressional district encompasses Mineral Point and is currently represented by Ron Kind (D).
The political climate in Zip 53565 (Mineral Point, WI) is leaning liberal.
Iowa County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Iowa County, WI 55.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iowa county remained strongly Democratic, 55.9% to 42.2%.
Iowa county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53565 (Mineral Point, WI) is leaning liberal.
Mineral Point, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Iowa County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Mineral Point, 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 53565 (Mineral Point)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 542 contributions totaling $28,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $16,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)