Grafton, Wisconsin is a small community located in the heart of Ozaukee County. The area offers numerous outdoor activities such as walking paths along the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan parks. 53024 Grafton has a mayor and six alderman on the city council who are responsible for making decisions regarding local laws and ordinances. There are also several school boards that are responsible for providing educational resources to students in Grafton. As a result, politics in 53024 Grafton plays an important role in the well-being of its citizens. There is an annual election to select new representatives for mayor and city council positions as well as school board members. Debate among candidates often focuses on issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, education reform, and environmental protection. Through their voting decisions, residents of Grafton have the power to shape their future by supporting candidates whose values they believe will best serve their community interests.
The political climate in Zip 53024 (Grafton, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Ozaukee County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Ozaukee County, WI 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ozaukee county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 43.1%.
Ozaukee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53024 (Grafton, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Grafton, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Grafton, 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 53024 (Grafton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,042 contributions totaling $90,242 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 306 contributions totaling $63,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)