The town of Wautoma, WI (54982) is located in Waushara County and is governed by elected officials who serve on the Town Board. These representatives are responsible for passing laws which set the rules and regulations that all citizens and businesses must adhere to. The Town Board makes decisions on matters such as zoning, taxation, police protection, and public works. Additionally, Waushara County is represented in the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate by legislators who work to pass laws that affect all Wisconsinites. While local political candidates are not listed here, residents of both Wautoma and Waushara County have an opportunity to support their chosen candidates through voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 54982 (Wautoma, WI) is strongly conservative.
Waushara County, WI is very conservative. In Waushara County, WI 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waushara county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 32.3%.
Waushara county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54982 (Wautoma, WI) is strongly conservative.
Wautoma, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Waushara County, Wisconsin is very 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.
Wautoma, 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 54982 (Wautoma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 164 contributions totaling $12,502 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $28,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)