Sussex, WI is a small town in southeast Wisconsin with a population of approximately 12,000 people. It is served by the Village Board of Trustees and the Town Board of Supervisors who oversee the local government services in the community. The local politics are focused on providing citizens with the best possible services and maintaining an efficient budget while keeping taxes low. Both boards work to ensure that all decisions made are beneficial for Sussex as a whole. In addition, both boards strive to make sure improvements to infrastructure and quality of life initiatives are taken into consideration while managing resources. Recently, there has been increased focus on public safety as well as initiatives to attract more businesses and jobs to Sussex. As such, many residents of Sussex feel that their needs are being heard and addressed by their local political representatives.
The political climate in Sussex, WI is somewhat 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
Sussex, WI is somewhat 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.
Sussex, 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 Sussex, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,469 contributions totaling $137,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,398 contributions totaling $475,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $340 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)