Cedarburg, Wisconsin is a small city with a population of 11,412 people that is known for its rich German history. In terms of local politics, Cedarburg is governed by a mayor and six-member Common Council. All local elections are non-partisan and are held every two years. The most recent mayoral election was held in April 2018 with current Mayor Greg Colley winning his fourth consecutive term in office. Additionally, the city has three members on the Ozaukee County Board Of Supervisors: Marjorie Mason, Bruce Miller and Stephen Schanning. These supervisors represent the interests of their constituents in county meetings and collaborate with local officials to ensure Cedarburg remains a great place to live.
The political climate in Cedarburg, WI is somewhat conservative.
Ozaukee County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Ozaukee County, WI 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ozaukee county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 43.1%.
Ozaukee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedarburg, WI is somewhat conservative.
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Milwaukee-Waukesha 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.
Cedarburg, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Cedarburg, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,221 contributions totaling $605,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 868 contributions totaling $261,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)