Port Washington, WI 53074 is a quaint city with a population of 11,534 people located in Ozaukee County. At the local level, Port Washington has a Mayor-Council form of government. The City Council consists of seven members elected at-large for three-year terms. The Mayor is elected to a two-year term. Currently, the Mayor of Port Washington is Marty Becker and the City Council is made up of Tim Abrahamson, Town Hall Amy MacKenzie, David Larson, Don Hammerer, Joe Dean, Jeanne Hintzman and Mike Ehrlich. One of their main focuses has been on creating affordable housing solutions for the city residents. Over the past few years they have instituted several programs and initiatives to make sure that everyone has access to quality housing regardless of their income level or background. Additionally, they have been instrumental in making sure that infrastructure improvements are made throughout the city in order to keep it safe and accessible for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 53074 (Port Washington, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Ozaukee County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Ozaukee County, WI 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ozaukee county remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 43.1%.
Ozaukee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53074 (Port Washington, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Port Washington, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Port Washington, 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 53074 (Port Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 288 contributions totaling $34,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 293 contributions totaling $93,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)