54971 Ripon, WI is an area with a vibrant political landscape. Home to the historic birthplace of the Republican Party, the city’s residents are dedicated to their local leaders and take part in many public events that bring together both parties. Currently, long-time mayor Ed Fuchs is leading the city and representing it in many important decisions regarding taxes, infrastructure projects and economic development. The Common Council of Ripon consists of seven elected members who work together to make decisions affecting the people of Ripon. Each spring, residents have the opportunity to vote for members of the council who will serve a two-year term. With so much involvement from citizens and representation from both sides of the aisle, Ripon is a great example of a healthy democracy at work.
The political climate in Zip 54971 (Ripon, WI) is moderately conservative.
Fond du Lac County, WI is strongly conservative. In Fond du Lac County, WI 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fond du Lac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.0%.
Fond du Lac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54971 (Ripon, WI) is moderately conservative.
Ripon, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Fond du Lac Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ripon, Wisconsin: R R r 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 54971 (Ripon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 388 contributions totaling $35,197 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $22,327 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)