Oak Creek, Wisconsin is a city located in Milwaukee County with a population of just over 35,000 people. It is a small but vibrant community and has an active local politics scene. The City of Oak Creek is led by its Mayor Dan Bukiewicz, who was elected in April 2018. The City Council consists of nine members, all of whom are elected at large for two-year terms. Over the past several years, many local initiatives have been proposed and debated by the city councilors, such as economic development projects, budget reforms, and infrastructure improvements. Local political candidates from both major parties can be found campaigning around town to represent their constituents’ interests on the city council and shape the future of Oak Creek.
The political climate in Oak Creek, WI is moderately liberal.
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
Oak Creek, WI is moderately liberal.
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 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.
Oak Creek, 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 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 Oak Creek, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 577 contributions totaling $34,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 285 contributions totaling $57,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)