The politics in Sauk City, WI (53583) are largely determined by local and state legislative bodies such as the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate. The current legislative delegation consists of State Senator Dale Kooyenga and State Representatives Amy Loudenbeck, Travis Tranel and Lee Nerison. At the local level, Sauk City is part of the 42nd Assembly District represented by Joel Kleefisch. Elections for all these positions are held every two years, with the last election occurring in 2018. As a result, Sauk City benefits from a strong voice at both the local and state level to advocate for issues that matter most to their community.
The political climate in Zip 53583 (Sauk City, WI) is leaning conservative.
Sauk County, WI is leaning liberal. In Sauk County, WI 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sauk county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.3%.
Sauk county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53583 (Sauk City, WI) is leaning conservative.
Sauk City, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Sauk County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Baraboo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: d d D D r d
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 53583 (Sauk City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $5,141 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $11,483 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)