The city of Poynette, WI is a small town located in Columbia County, with a population of around 2,500 people. The local political scene in Poynette is traditionally conservative, with the majority of voters casting ballots for Republican candidates. The current mayor is Bill Sweeney, who has been in office since 2018 and is running for re-election this year. Other local politicians include state representatives Todd Novak and Jon Plumer as well as 4th Congressional District Representative Ron Kind. On the county level, most elected positions are filled by Republicans. All elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April every year.
The political climate in Zip 53955 (Poynette, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Columbia County, WI is leaning conservative. In Columbia County, WI 48.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 48.5%.
Columbia county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53955 (Poynette, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Poynette, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Columbia County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
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.
Poynette, Wisconsin: d r 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 53955 (Poynette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $5,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $14,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)