The small city of Elroy, WI (53929) is a tight knit community in the southwestern part of the state. With a population of around 2,000 people, it is an extremely diverse politically with many residents across the political spectrum. This diversity can be seen in local politics, where there are typically multiple candidates running for office. The most recent election saw three city council members and two mayoral candidates competing for votes. While each one had their own unique views on how to best serve the community, they all campaigned on issues like improving infrastructure and public safety as well as investing in local businesses. Ultimately, the election was close but one candidate won by a narrow margin. Since then, the city council has taken steps to address some of these issues while remaining true to its commitment to being fiscally responsible and transparent in decision-making processes.
The political climate in Zip 53929 (Elroy, WI) is strongly conservative.
Juneau County, WI is strongly conservative. In Juneau County, WI 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Juneau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.6%.
Juneau county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53929 (Elroy, WI) is strongly conservative.
Elroy, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Juneau 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.
Elroy, Wisconsin: r r 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 53929 (Elroy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $4,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)