Milwaukee, Wisconsin County has a long and rich history of politics. From the beginnings of Milwaukee's incorporation in 1846 to the present day, Milwaukee County has been home to many influential political figures who have had an impact on not only local policy issues but also state and federal issues. Some prominent figures include William Upham, Joseph McCarthy, and current senator Tammy Baldwin. The county is divided into 19 districts which are represented by 19 supervisors in the Milwaukee County Board. Elections for this board are held every two years with candidates running for various offices such as President, Treasurer, Comptroller, Clerk and Sheriff. Milwaukee County is also represented in the Wisconsin State Assembly with 12 representatives from various communities across the county. All these representatives work together to develop laws that will best serve their constituents within the county while also working closely with other legislative bodies to ensure that their interests are recognised at a state level.
The political climate in Milwaukee County, WI is very liberal.
In Milwaukee County, WI 69.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Milwaukee county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Milwaukee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milwaukee County, WI is very liberal.
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.
Milwaukee, 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 Milwaukee County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57,925 contributions totaling $8,428,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12,174 contributions totaling $9,023,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $741 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)