54651 Ontario, WI is located in the state of Wisconsin and is known for its picturesque rural setting and close-knit community. Politically, the area is part of the Dunn County District and operated by a Board of Supervisors elected from each ward in the county. The current supervisor for Ward 3, which includes 54651 Ontario, WI is Jeffrey A. Johnson. The local government works to ensure that citizens are safe, healthy, and able to support themselves through various initiatives like providing financial assistance, developing infrastructure projects, and improving public services. In addition to this local representation, voters in 54651 Ontario also take advantage of their right to vote during statewide elections for representatives and senators from Wisconsin. With their votes they can influence policy decisions made at the state level that directly affect their daily lives such as education standards, taxation rates, and healthcare accessibility.
The political climate in Zip 54651 (Ontario, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, WI is leaning conservative. In Vernon County, WI 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon county remained Republican, 51.6% to 46.8%.
Vernon county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54651 (Ontario, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Ontario, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, Wisconsin is leaning 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.
Ontario, 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 54651 (Ontario)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,665 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)