Oregon, WI has a population of over 10,000 people, making it a thriving community in the Midwest. Politically, Oregon is a largely conservative area and leans Republican in most elections. The town is currently represented by Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner in the US House of Representatives, and State Senator Alberta Darling in the Wisconsin State Senate. Both Sensenbrenner and Darling have made important contributions to their communities and are widely respected by their constituents. For local politics, several candidates will be running for election this year; they include Joe Kirchoff for mayor, Dawn Johnson for city council, and Jack Smith for school board. Each candidate brings something unique to the table and has a vision that could benefit all residents of Oregon. As the election draws nearer, it will be interesting to see what kind of impact these candidates will have on Oregon's political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 53575 (Oregon, WI) is moderately liberal.
Dane County, WI is very liberal. In Dane County, WI 75.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dane county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.5% to 22.9%.
Dane county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53575 (Oregon, WI) is moderately liberal.
Oregon, Wisconsin is moderately liberal.
Dane County, Wisconsin is very liberal.
Madison Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Oregon, Wisconsin: D D D D D 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 53575 (Oregon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,248 contributions totaling $105,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 196 contributions totaling $59,438 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)