The politics in 53207 Milwaukee, WI are diverse and evolving. The city is a major metropolitan area and the seat of Milwaukee County. It has a population of more than 600,000 people with diverse backgrounds. Politically, 53207 Milwaukee is part of Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, which is represented by Democrat Gwen Moore in the US House of Representatives. Locally, the area is served by several members on Milwaukee City Council including Milele Coggs, Marina Dimitrijevic, Russell W. Stamper II and Michael J. Murphy among others. These elected officials serve to ensure that residents’ needs are met and that 53207 Milwaukee remains an economically prosperous, safe and vibrant community for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 53207 (Milwaukee, WI) is strongly 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 53207 (Milwaukee, WI) is strongly liberal.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Milwaukee, 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 53207 (Milwaukee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,125 contributions totaling $262,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 367 contributions totaling $49,712 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)