The politics of 53158 Pleasant Prairie, WI are largely impacted by the state legislature and county government. At the state level, Wisconsin has a bicameral legislature composed of the Assembly and Senate, with both chambers having 33 districts. All laws begin in the Assembly and then move to the Senate for approval. In addition, the Governor is elected every four years to serve as the head of state. On the county level, Kenosha County is run by an elected Board of Supervisors comprised of 19 members who are responsible for approving all matters affecting local residents including property taxes and zoning ordinances. Politically, 53158 Pleasant Prairie tends to lean left but recently there has been a shift toward more conservative values which can be seen in current voting patterns. With an influx in population due to new businesses being built in the area, it will be interesting to see how this impacts the political landscape moving forward.
The political climate in Zip 53158 (Pleasant Prairie, WI) is leaning conservative.
Kenosha County, WI is leaning conservative. In Kenosha County, WI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenosha county remained Republican, 50.7% to 47.5%.
Kenosha county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53158 (Pleasant Prairie, WI) is leaning conservative.
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin: d d D D 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 53158 (Pleasant Prairie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 672 contributions totaling $24,622 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $1,829,666 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $7,853 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)