New London, WI is a small city located in Wisconsin’s Outagamie County with a population of 7,641 people as of the 2019 census. The city is governed by the mayor and six council members who are elected at-large. New London has been represented in the State Assembly District 4 seat since 2006 by Republican Gordon Hintz and in the State Senate District 1 seat since 2001 by Republican Roger Roth. There is also a city administrator responsible for day-to-day operations and for appointing department heads to various administrative departments such as public works, finance, human resources, and administration. The mayor and council members regularly review policy issues that affect New London's citizens. They consider budgeting issues, creating new ordinances or programs to improve the quality of life for residents, and collaborating with neighboring cities or communities on regional projects.
The political climate in Zip 54961 (New London, WI) is strongly conservative.
Waupaca County, WI is strongly conservative. In Waupaca County, WI 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waupaca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.3%.
Waupaca county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54961 (New London, WI) is strongly conservative.
New London, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Waupaca County, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
New London, Wisconsin: R R d r 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 54961 (New London)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $19,374 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $14,273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)