The city of Appleton, WI (54913) is located in Outagamie County and is a vibrant and diverse community that is home to many small businesses, recreational activities, and educational opportunities. Politically, the city of Appleton has a nonpartisan mayor-council system featuring a nine member council made up of two at large elected officials and seven ward representatives. The City Council holds several public meeting each month where they discuss policy for the city including ordinances, budgeting priorities, and development initiatives. Outagamie County also has an executive branch which includes various departments such as the Board of Supervisors, Sheriff's Office, District Attorney's Office, Clerk of Courts, and Coroner's Office. These offices are tasked with upholding the laws and protecting the citizens of Appleton. Additionally, there are several state representatives with offices in Appleton that serve on various committees that focus on legislative issues impacting the entire state of Wisconsin.
The political climate in Zip 54913 (Appleton, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Outagamie County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Outagamie County, WI 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Outagamie county remained moderately Republican, 54.0% to 44.1%.
Outagamie county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54913 (Appleton, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Appleton, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Outagamie County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Appleton Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Appleton, 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 54913 (Appleton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 536 contributions totaling $87,034 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 499 contributions totaling $167,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)