53186 Waukesha, WI has a City Mayor and Common Council governing it’s politics. Currently the City Mayor is Shawn Reilly who was recently elected in April of 2019. The Common Council consists of 14 members and is divided into seven districts, each with two representatives serving four-year terms. They are responsible for shaping city policies through legislation, approving budget and capital improvement plans, and overseeing city departments. In the past few years they have been focusing on economic development initiatives to help bring in business to the area as well as working on solutions to address quality of life issues like traffic congestion, crime prevention, poverty reduction and affordable housing. The Common Council also actively supports local businesses and organizations while striving to maintain a sense of community vibrancy throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 53186 (Waukesha, WI) is somewhat 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 53186 (Waukesha, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Waukesha, Wisconsin is somewhat 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.
Waukesha, 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 53186 (Waukesha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,188 contributions totaling $80,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 862 contributions totaling $477,718 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $554 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)