The politics in Milwaukee, WI 53208 are highly contested and competitive. While the city of Milwaukee is run by the Democratic Party, many of its suburbs are run by Republicans. In the 2019 mayoral election, incumbent Tom Barrett ran against two other candidates–Alderman Tony Zielinski and State Senator Lena Taylor–in a primary election that was open to all registered voters in Milwaukee. Each candidate outlined different plans to address crime, education, economic development, and other issues facing the community. Ultimately, Barrett won the election and is currently serving as mayor. Additionally, there are numerous local races throughout the county for positions such as county supervisor, school board member, and state representative. With a diverse population of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents living in Milwaukee County, these races are highly contested and often require intense campaigning efforts from all sides.
The political climate in Zip 53208 (Milwaukee, WI) is very 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 53208 (Milwaukee, WI) is very liberal.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is very 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 53208 (Milwaukee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,620 contributions totaling $116,156 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $38,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)