The city of Muskego, WI, located in 53150 zip code, is a part of Waukesha County in the state of Wisconsin and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The city is actively involved in local politics and citizens can stay up to date with the latest news through the local newspaper and public meetings. The city council consists of seven members that are responsible for making laws, passing budgets, providing oversight for services and representing the interests of Muskego’s residents. The community also elects a mayor every four years who serves as head of government and oversees all other elected officials including council members. There are a variety of political issues confronting Muskego on both the local and state level which include taxes, education funding, health care reform and economic development. Throughout the year there are various forums and debates held in order to give citizens an opportunity to understand current issues facing their community. With its strong local political base, Muskego remains an engaged and vibrant community with many opportunities for citizens to become involved in politics.
The political climate in Zip 53150 (Muskego, WI) is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, WI is moderately conservative. In Waukesha County, WI 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waukesha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.8%.
Waukesha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53150 (Muskego, WI) is moderately conservative.
Muskego, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Muskego, 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 53150 (Muskego)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 395 contributions totaling $33,433 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 385 contributions totaling $77,807 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)