The 53168 zip code of Salem, WI is part of the state's 6th Congressional district, currently represented by Glenn Grothman. At the local level, Salem is part of both the 24th Assembly District and Senate District 22. In these districts, the current Representatives are Tyler Vorpagel and Dan Feyen respectively. Salem also participates in a range of other government functions such as county board members, school board members, village board supervisors and clerk-treasurers. All of these positions are held by various individuals from different political parties who have all been elected to office by the people living in the 53168 zip code area. As such, Salem residents have a variety of political choices when it comes to selecting their representatives at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 53168 (Salem, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Kenosha County, WI is leaning conservative. In Kenosha County, WI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenosha county remained Republican, 50.7% to 47.5%.
Kenosha county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53168 (Salem, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Salem, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Salem, Wisconsin: d d D D 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 53168 (Salem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 203 contributions totaling $9,728 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $13,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)