Kewaskum, WI 53040 is a village in Washington County nestled along the Milwaukee River. The village is comprised of a mayor and trustees who are elected by the residents every two years. The current mayor is Ken Bogenschutz and the trustees are David Diesener, Doug Kasten, Dean Zimdars and Guy Unruh. Under their leadership, the village works to ensure that all services necessary for its citizens are delivered effectively. This includes maintaining roads and sidewalks, managing public safety initiatives, ensuring utilities run smoothly, and overseeing tax collection. In addition to these day-to-day responsibilities, the local government works to promote economic development in order to strengthen the community as a whole. Through actively engaging with businesses in the area and creating new initiatives such as increasing tourism attractions, Kewaskum's local government strives to make sure its citizens have access to a range of opportunities for success and growth.
The political climate in Zip 53040 (Kewaskum, WI) is very conservative.
Washington County, WI is very conservative. In Washington County, WI 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 30.3%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53040 (Kewaskum, WI) is very conservative.
Kewaskum, Wisconsin is very conservative.
Washington County, Wisconsin is very 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.
Kewaskum, 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 53040 (Kewaskum)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $3,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $33,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $413 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)