The politics of 53045 Brookfield, WI are reflective of the city as a whole. The city is located in Waukesha County and is represented in the state legislature by Republican legislators. In the United States Congress, Brookfield is represented by Republican Glenn Grothman and Democrat Gwen Moore. At the county level, Republicans dominate local politics with the chairperson and clerks being elected from Republican candidates. There are also numerous other offices held by Republicans at the county level such as Sheriff, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, and County Supervisor. Furthermore, the City Council consists of six elected members who represent their respective wards within the city. The Council works together to pass ordinances for the benefit of the citizens of Brookfield.
The political climate in Zip 53045 (Brookfield, WI) is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, WI is moderately conservative. In Waukesha County, WI 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waukesha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.8%.
Waukesha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53045 (Brookfield, WI) is moderately conservative.
Brookfield, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
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.
Brookfield, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 53045 (Brookfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,015 contributions totaling $209,891 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,409 contributions totaling $771,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $547 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)