Richland Center, WI 53581 is a small city located in southwestern Wisconsin. As such, the local politics are focused primarily on issues that affect the citizens of Richland Center. Common topics of discussion include economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education policy. Every two years, citizens of Richland Center vote for their representatives in all levels of government: local, county, state, and federal. Locally-elected officials focus on determining the best way to address the needs of their constituents while also ensuring fiscal responsibility. Local candidates bring a variety of experiences to the table ranging from business owners to educators. Some candidates may specialize in specific areas like environmental protection or public safety while others are generalists with broad knowledge and perspectives. Regardless of their background or area of expertise, all candidates strive to make Richland Center a better place to live, work, and play.
The political climate in Zip 53581 (Richland Center, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Richland County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Richland County, WI 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained moderately Republican, 54.0% to 44.3%.
Richland county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53581 (Richland Center, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Richland Center, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Richland County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Richland Center, 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 53581 (Richland Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,577 contributions totaling $82,613 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $20,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)