The politics of 53587 South Wayne, WI are shaped by the rural nature and small population of the area. The local government consists of a Mayor and a Board of Aldermen who work together to oversee the town's affairs. With such a small population, it is common for elected officials in 53587 South Wayne, WI to be familiar with their constituency on a personal level. Elections are usually relatively low-key affairs, with local candidates running on experience and the ability to represent their constituents' interests rather than on any sort of party affiliation or national platform. The issues that tend to be most important in this area include protecting public lands from development, maintaining infrastructure, and providing public services efficiently.
The political climate in Zip 53587 (South Wayne, WI) is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Lafayette County, WI 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained strongly Republican, 56.4% to 42.6%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53587 (South Wayne, WI) is moderately conservative.
South Wayne, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
South Wayne, 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 53587 (South Wayne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $2,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $4,603 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $460 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)