Greendale is a small suburban village located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It has a population of approximately 14,000 people and is governed by a municipal government composed of a Village President and six trustees who are elected by the community. The President and the Board of Trustees are responsible for enacting laws, levying taxes, and overseeing all municipal services including public safety, health, recreation, planning and zoning. Greendale is represented in the Wisconsin State Legislature by two Senators and one Assembly Member. At the federal level, it is represented by three members of Congress. The village also features several local political organizations which advocate for issues important to residents such as fiscal responsibility, environmental protection, economic development, education reform, and civil rights.
The political climate in Zip 53129 (Greendale, WI) is moderately liberal.
Milwaukee County, WI is very liberal. In Milwaukee County, WI 69.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Milwaukee county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Milwaukee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53129 (Greendale, WI) is moderately liberal.
Greendale, Wisconsin is moderately liberal.
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin is very liberal.
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.
Greendale, 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 53129 (Greendale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 805 contributions totaling $91,834 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 419 contributions totaling $166,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)