Janesville, WI (53545) is a small city in the Southeastern corner of Wisconsin that has a population of around 65,000 people. The local politics in Janesville mostly revolves around the County Board of Supervisors and the Mayor's Office. The Board of Supervisors acts as a legislative body for all county matters, while the Mayor's Office manages day-to-day operations for the city. Every four years, citizens have the opportunity to elect their local representatives onto these offices who shape and influence policy decisions within Janesville. In addition to local elections, residents can also participate in state and federal elections to help decide on larger issues that affect them at a higher level.
The political climate in Zip 53545 (Janesville, WI) is leaning liberal.
Rock County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Rock County, WI 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.5%.
Rock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53545 (Janesville, WI) is leaning liberal.
Janesville, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Rock County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
Janesville-Beloit Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Janesville, 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 53545 (Janesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,542 contributions totaling $132,845 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 564 contributions totaling $650,452 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)