The city of Sharon, Wisconsin (53585) is a vibrant community with a strong sense of civic pride. The town is governed by a five-member city council responsible for enacting policies and ordinances that affect residents. This year's elections are set to be particularly competitive, with four candidates vying for a spot on the council. Among them are Realtor Debra Hoeppner, Business Owner Paul Lutz, Educator Terry Thomas and Community Activist Jeff Wills. Each candidate brings their own unique experiences and skills to the table, and will surely make for an interesting race in the upcoming election. Residents of Sharon can look forward to engaging in lively debates as they decide who will represent them in the coming years.
The political climate in Zip 53585 (Sharon, WI) is moderately conservative.
Walworth County, WI is moderately conservative. In Walworth County, WI 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walworth county remained very strongly Republican, 58.8% to 39.6%.
Walworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53585 (Sharon, WI) is moderately conservative.
Sharon, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Walworth County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Whitewater Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sharon, Wisconsin: R R r R 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 53585 (Sharon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $4,198 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $1,028 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)