Viroqua, WI is a small city located in Vernon County in the southwestern corner of the state. Politically, this city has leaned to the left for many years with Democratic candidates holding most public offices and garnering strong support from most of the population. This trend is seen most recently with the 2020 presidential election, as Democratic candidate Joe Biden received nearly 70% of votes from registered voters in 54665 Viroqua. During local elections, citizens can expect to find Democrats running for positions such as City Council, Mayor, or County Clerk. The Democrats usually have strong support in Viroqua and often times win these positions. In addition to voting for these public offices, residents can also participate in demonstrations or other political activities that help shape the direction of their community.
The political climate in Zip 54665 (Viroqua, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, WI is leaning conservative. In Vernon County, WI 46.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon county remained Republican, 51.6% to 46.8%.
Vernon county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54665 (Viroqua, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Viroqua, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, Wisconsin is leaning 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.
Viroqua, 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 54665 (Viroqua)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 723 contributions totaling $52,271 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $5,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)