West Milwaukee, WI is a small suburban city located in Milwaukee County. Its politics are similar to those of Milwaukee County in that it is primarily governed by the Democratic Party. The city’s most recent mayoral election was held in 2020, with current Mayor Matt Fischer winning the race. In addition to the mayor, West Milwaukee is represented on the county board by Supervisors Steve Taylor and James Schmitt, both of whom are members of the Democratic Party. Local issues often discussed among West Milwaukeeans include public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and educational equity among others. Overall, West Milwaukee is a diverse community that works together to ensure its citizens have access to the resources they need in order to live healthy and successful lives.
The political climate in West Milwaukee, WI is strongly 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 Milwaukee, WI is strongly 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 Milwaukee, 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 Milwaukee, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,881 contributions totaling $158,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 782 contributions totaling $123,097 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)