The small town of Muscoda, WI is located in Grant county, and has a population of 1,222. The city is politically divided, with the Republican party dominating the local political landscape. Since the last election cycle in 2018, Republicans have held both mayoral and council positions within Muscoda. There are currently two mayoral candidates running for office: incumbent Mayor David Langfeldt and challenger Beth Kanable. Both candidates have expressed their desire to grow the local economy through job creation and development initiatives. Langfeldt has a strong focus on supporting businesses already established in the area while Kanable has focused her campaign on attracting new business to Muscoda. Additionally, there are three council candidates running for office this cycle: incumbents Charlotte Jones and Robert Olsen as well as challenger Linda Mertens. All three candidates are dedicated to serving the needs of their community by expanding access to public services while advocating for fair taxation measures that allow everyone to thrive economically. The elections will be held in April 2021 and it will be interesting to see what direction Muscoda takes politically moving forward.
The political climate in Zip 53573 (Muscoda, WI) is moderately conservative.
Grant County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Grant County, WI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Grant county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53573 (Muscoda, WI) is moderately conservative.
Muscoda, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Grant County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Platteville Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Muscoda, 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 53573 (Muscoda)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 337 contributions totaling $10,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)