West Allis, WI is a city in Milwaukee County with a population of approximately 60,000 people. Located just west of the city of Milwaukee, West Allis has a long history of political involvement. The current mayor is Kathy Ehley who was first elected in 2008 and is currently serving her third term. Other local political figures include representatives from the 14th assembly district and the 5th congressional district. Local political issues for West Allis often involve education, economic development, public safety and infrastructure. There are also many initiatives that have been put into place to make West Allis an attractive place to live. These initiatives include improving public access to parks and recreation centers, encouraging green infrastructure projects and investing in local small businesses. Residents of West Allis can get involved in politics by attending local meetings or registering to vote before elections take place.
The political climate in West Allis, 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
West Allis, 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.
West Allis, 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 West Allis, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,501 contributions totaling $418,541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,839 contributions totaling $590,851 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)