The small town of Plainfield, WI (54966) has a population of less than 3,000 people. Despite its small size, the community is quite active in local politics. They have an elected official for each of the positions on the Town Board, including Supervisor and Treasurer. The current Supervisor is Joe Smith and Treasurer is Julie Johnson. The people of Plainfield take their politics seriously and they make sure their voices are heard when it comes to local issues that affect them all. Local campaigns are often hotly contested as the residents take pride in choosing leaders who will represent them and their interests well. Despite its small size, Plainfield is an active participant in Wisconsin politics and its citizens always strive to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important issues facing the state and nation.
The political climate in Zip 54966 (Plainfield, WI) is strongly conservative.
Waushara County, WI is very conservative. In Waushara County, WI 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waushara county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 32.3%.
Waushara county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54966 (Plainfield, WI) is strongly conservative.
Plainfield, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Waushara County, Wisconsin is very 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.
Plainfield, 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 54966 (Plainfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $640 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $4,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)