The small town of Mount Hope, WI (zip code 53816) is located in the southwestern corner of Wisconsin. Although it has a small population, the citizens of Mount Hope take their politics very seriously. In recent years, local elections have been closely contested between several candidates from both major parties. Over the past few election cycles, voters have seen a variety of issues debated by all the candidates, including education reform, job development, and environmental protection. Recently, there has also been increased focus on providing better social services and addressing economic inequality within Mount Hope. No matter the outcome of each election, citizens of Mount Hope are passionate about making sure their representatives are working to improve their community and make decisions that benefit everyone in the town.
The political climate in Zip 53816 (Mount Hope, WI) is moderately conservative.
Grant County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Grant County, WI 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 42.9%.
Grant county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53816 (Mount Hope, WI) is moderately conservative.
Mount Hope, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Grant County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Platteville 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.
Mount Hope, Wisconsin: d d 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 53816 (Mount Hope)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $1,533 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)