In Okauchee Lake, Wisconsin, politics have been a hot topic for many years. The town is home to a diverse population with varying viewpoints and opinions on local elections and policies. With no incumbent candidates in the most recent election, the race was wide open. Several candidates from different backgrounds, experiences, and ideologies stepped up to compete for office. Local debates were passionate and filled with energy as citizens considered which candidate would be best suited to lead the community into the future. Politicians discussed their views on important issues such as public safety, taxation, education, and infrastructure. After much consideration from the people of Okauchee Lake, a successful outcome was achieved in the election that best reflected the voice of the people.
The political climate in Okauchee Lake, WI is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, WI is moderately conservative. In Waukesha County, WI 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waukesha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.8%.
Waukesha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Okauchee Lake, WI is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Okauchee Lake, 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 Okauchee Lake, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,183 contributions totaling $82,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,491 contributions totaling $709,316 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $476 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)