The Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI Metro Area is home to a diverse and passionate political landscape. The city is represented in Congress by Rep. Mark Pocan, who has been serving since 2013. Local level representation includes the Wisconsin State Assembly District 43, which is currently served by Rep. Janel Brandtjen and State Sen. Steve Nass representing District 11. The City of Whitewater holds local elections throughout the year to decide on various positions such as mayor, city council members and school board representatives. These local elections are held with a strong sense of civic duty among the residents of the area as they look after their community interests and well-being. Overall, politics in the Whitewater-Elkhorn Metro Area are an important part of its history and culture that contributes to its unique character and identity.
The political climate in Whitewater Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Whitewater Metro Area 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, the Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area remained very strongly Republican, 58.8% to 39.6%.
The Whitewater-Elkhorn metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whitewater Metro Area is moderately 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Whitewater Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,546 contributions totaling $473,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,955 contributions totaling $836,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $428 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)