Milton, Wisconsin is a town located in Rock County known for its quaint culture and friendly atmosphere. The politics in Milton are governed by the town's mayor, city council, and other local representatives. This includes elected officials from the school board, county commissioners, and state representatives. As of 2020, the mayor of Milton is Tim Rochester who was elected in April 2019. The City Council consists of five members that work to make decisions on how to best serve their community. Additionally, there are two County Commissioners that represent Milton and serve on the Rock County Board of Supervisors. Lastly, State Representatives Paul Tittl and Amy Loudenbeck work to ensure that all citizens of Milton’s needs are met at a state level. All of these representatives strive to promote an environment where the citizens of Milton can live peacefully and happily with equal rights and justice.
The political climate in Zip 53563 (Milton, WI) is leaning liberal.
Rock County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Rock County, WI 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.7% to 43.5%.
Rock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53563 (Milton, WI) is leaning liberal.
Milton, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Rock County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
Janesville-Beloit 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.
Milton, 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 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 53563 (Milton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 379 contributions totaling $34,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $59,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)