The politics of 54246 Washington Island, WI are largely driven by the local community. With a population of just over 1,000 residents, the island is mainly home to small business owners, farmers, and fishermen. Every two years, the islanders come together to elect their representatives for county board and state legislature positions. Local candidates have a vested interest in preserving the island’s unique character and heritage while also addressing current issues such as affordable healthcare and education. In recent years there has been an increased focus on environmental protection, with candidates advocating for clean energy initiatives like wind power and solar energy. Many of these same concerns are being echoed nationwide, from debates about environmental regulation to arguments about climate change. Despite having a small population size, Washington Island is making its voice heard when it comes to important political matters.
The political climate in Zip 54246 (Washington Island, WI) is leaning conservative.
Door County, WI is leaning liberal. In Door County, WI 49.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Door county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.9% to 48.5%.
Door county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54246 (Washington Island, WI) is leaning conservative.
Washington Island, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Door County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
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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.
Washington Island, Wisconsin: r r 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 54246 (Washington Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 261 contributions totaling $19,361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $6,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)