Waupaca, WI 54981 is a small town located in central Wisconsin. The city is governed by an elected mayor and a six-member city council. The Mayor of Waupaca and the members of the City Council are responsible for the overall governance of the city, including making laws, setting budget priorities, and ensuring public safety. As part of their duties, they undertake various initiatives to ensure that the citizens of Waupaca have access to resources that promote economic growth and quality of life. Elections are held every two years to elect the Mayor and the City Councilors. The current Mayor is Chris Meyer, who was elected in 2020; he is joined on the City Council by Annie Kastner, Carolyn Helgren, Bill Anderson, Scott Parks, Mark DeGroot and Brad Pray. These local political candidates work together to ensure that Waupaca remains a thriving community with plentiful opportunities for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 54981 (Waupaca, WI) is strongly conservative.
Waupaca County, WI is strongly conservative. In Waupaca County, WI 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waupaca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.3%.
Waupaca county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54981 (Waupaca, WI) is strongly conservative.
Waupaca, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Waupaca County, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Waupaca, 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 54981 (Waupaca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 580 contributions totaling $80,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 291 contributions totaling $104,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)