Oconomowoc, WI is a small city located in Waukesha County with a population of approximately 15,500. Politically, Oconomowoc leans to the right and usually votes Republican in elections. The current mayor is David Nold, who has held office since April 2018. He was elected to office in 2017 after successful campaigning and support from the community. Currently there are four district representatives for Oconomowoc: State Representative Cindi Duchow (R), State Senator Scott Fitzgerald (R), US Representative Bryan Steil (R), and US Senator Ron Johnson (R). With such strong Republican representation, it is obvious that Oconomowoc will remain a strongly conservative area for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 53066 (Oconomowoc, 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 53066 (Oconomowoc, WI) is moderately conservative.
Oconomowoc, 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.
Oconomowoc, 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 53066 (Oconomowoc)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,018 contributions totaling $68,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,221 contributions totaling $587,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $481 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)