Elkhart Lake, WI (53020) is a small, rural village located in Sheboygan County. It is a great place to live, with its close proximity to lakes and state parks providing plenty of outdoor recreational activities. The village government consists of three elected trustees and an appointed clerk/treasurer. These officials are responsible for making decisions about the budget and the future of the village. Recently, there has been some controversy surrounding the decision to hire a new police officer. Some residents have raised concerns about transparency and accountability within the village government, while others have expressed approval for the addition of another police officer to help keep citizens safe. Regardless of how one feels about this decision, it is clear that Elkhart Lake's local politics are currently facing important issues surrounding community safety and fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 53020 (Elkhart Lake, WI) is moderately conservative.
Sheboygan County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Sheboygan County, WI 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sheboygan county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.1%.
Sheboygan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53020 (Elkhart Lake, WI) is moderately conservative.
Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Sheboygan Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Elkhart Lake, 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 53020 (Elkhart Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 633 contributions totaling $60,453 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 217 contributions totaling $771,244 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,554 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)