Racine, WI is a city located in Racine County with an estimated population of 77,000 people. The politics in 53402 Racine, WI are largely influenced by the two major political parties: the Democratic and Republican Party. These parties influence many aspects of the city’s politics such as local government initiatives, fiscal policy, and social services. Additionally, 53402 Racine is represented in the United States Congress by two members from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district who are elected to serve two-year terms. Furthermore, Racine County is governed by five board supervisors who are elected to serve four-year terms representing their respective districts throughout the county. Although there are no local political candidates for this area specifically mentioned in this context, all residents of 53402 Racine are encouraged to stay informed on local political issues and vote for the representatives of their choosing at each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 53402 (Racine, WI) is leaning conservative.
Racine County, WI is leaning conservative. In Racine County, WI 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Racine county remained Republican, 51.2% to 47.1%.
Racine county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53402 (Racine, WI) is leaning conservative.
Racine, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Racine County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Racine Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Racine, Wisconsin: r r 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 53402 (Racine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,418 contributions totaling $129,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 623 contributions totaling $846,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)