The politics in 54660 Tomah, WI are centered around the local and state governments. The town is represented in the Wisconsin State Assembly by Republican Representative Rob Summerfield who was first elected in 2010. Tomah also has an elected Mayor, Richard Thompson, who serves as the city's chief executive officer. In addition to the mayor and state representative, Tomah has a city council comprised of seven members that meets on the second Monday of every month to discuss issues facing the community. This council is responsible for approving local ordinances, budgets, contracts and other matters that affect daily life in Tomah. Additionally, residents have access to their state senators and representatives on the federal level through regular visits and meetings held throughout the year. Overall, politics in 54660 Tomah, WI are focused on making sure that local government meets the needs of residents while remaining accountable to them.
The political climate in Zip 54660 (Tomah, WI) is moderately conservative.
Monroe County, WI is moderately conservative. In Monroe County, WI 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.3%.
Monroe county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54660 (Tomah, WI) is moderately conservative.
Tomah, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Monroe County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Tomah, 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 54660 (Tomah)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 306 contributions totaling $25,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $63,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $382 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)