Whitewater, Wisconsin is a small city with a population of around 15,000. The city is known as a college town due to its hosting of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater which provides the city with much economic benefit. Politically, Whitewater is represented by a Mayor and City Council that are elected every two years. There currently exists six councilmembers that work together to form policy decisions for the city. This governing body works in conjunction with local administrators and other experts to help make sure Whitewater runs optimally from an administrative standpoint. Furthermore, Whitewater is part of the larger Walworth County in Wisconsin which has representation at both state and federal levels. All these representatives strive to ensure the prosperity of Whitewater and its inhabitants.
The political climate in Whitewater, WI is leaning 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
Whitewater, WI is leaning conservative.
Walworth County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Watertown-Fort Atkinson Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Whitewater, 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 Whitewater, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,802 contributions totaling $363,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 568 contributions totaling $197,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)