South Milwaukee, WI is a small city with a population of 21,156. As a part of Milwaukee County, South Milwaukee is represented in the Wisconsin State Assembly by Democrat Jonathan Brostoff and Republican Rob Hutton. The city is governed by an elected mayor and six-member city council. The current mayor of South Milwaukee is Erik Brooks. In addition to the elected officials at the state and municipal level, South Milwaukee also has representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate who are responsible for advocating for federal policies on behalf of their constituents. Currently, the congressional delegation includes representatives from both parties – Democrat Gwen Moore and Republican Scott Fitzgerald in the House and Democrat Tammy Baldwin and Republican Ron Johnson in the Senate. This mixed representation allows for diverse information to be presented to citizens from both sides of the political spectrum.
The political climate in Zip 53172 (South Milwaukee, WI) is strongly liberal.
Milwaukee County, WI is very liberal. In Milwaukee County, WI 69.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Milwaukee county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Milwaukee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53172 (South Milwaukee, WI) is strongly liberal.
South Milwaukee, Wisconsin is strongly liberal.
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin is very liberal.
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.
South Milwaukee, Wisconsin: D D D D D D
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 53172 (South Milwaukee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 716 contributions totaling $46,063 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 203 contributions totaling $17,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)