Rochester, Wisconsin is located in the county of Racine and has a population of approximately 7,240 people. The town is governed by elected officials including a mayor and six trustees who are responsible for setting policies and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the town. Local elections are held in November every two years and current officeholders include Mayor Jeromy Jelinek and Trustees Diane Praschma, Laurie Vossekuil, Lee Schulz, Anne Dallek, Paul Ewertz, and Jennie DeMuth. The Town Board meets monthly to discuss issues that are important to the residents of Rochester such as business development, parks and recreation programs, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, economic development projects, and other initiatives designed to benefit the community. Residents also have access to legislative representatives from both state and federal government offices who work to advocate for their constituents’ interests at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 53167 (Rochester, WI) is somewhat 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 53167 (Rochester, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Rochester, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Rochester, 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 53167 (Rochester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)