The politics in 53183 Wales, WI are dominated by the Republican Party. This is due to its location in Waukesha County, which is one of the most consistently Red counties in the state. In 2018, Republican Scott Fitzgerald won over Democrat Tammy Baldwin for the U.S Senate seat with a large margin of victory. Local elections have also seen a strong presence from the Republican Party as well, with Republicans winning several races in local offices such as mayor and councilperson. Despite this political leaning, Wales has been able to rally behind initiatives that benefit all citizens regardless of political affiliation such as maintaining low taxes and improving infrastructure. The city is continuing forward with these projects through a bipartisan approach that puts citizens first above any party differences.
The political climate in Zip 53183 (Wales, WI) is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, WI is moderately conservative. In Waukesha County, WI 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waukesha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.8%.
Waukesha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53183 (Wales, WI) is moderately conservative.
Wales, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Wales, 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 53183 (Wales)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,677 contributions totaling $34,239 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $74,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $614 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)