54669 West Salem, WI is a small town in Wisconsin, and like many other towns in the area it has its fair share of local politics. The town council is responsible for making decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of the community's residents. This includes overseeing budgeting and taxes, regulating local businesses and services, and creating policies that ensure public safety. The council is made up of seven elected representatives who are voted on by the citizens every four years. Local organizations such as schools, volunteer groups, churches, and non-profits are also involved in local politics by providing feedback on proposed laws or policies that could affect their members and constituents. Residents have the opportunity to voice their opinion through attending council meetings or by writing letters to their representatives. In this way they can make their voices heard when it comes to important decisions about their community.
The political climate in Zip 54669 (West Salem, WI) is leaning liberal.
La Crosse County, WI is somewhat liberal. In La Crosse County, WI 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, La Crosse county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.3%.
La Crosse county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54669 (West Salem, WI) is leaning liberal.
West Salem, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
La Crosse County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
La Crosse-Onalaska 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.
West Salem, 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 54669 (West Salem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 179 contributions totaling $12,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 204 contributions totaling $15,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)