The politics of 53188 Waukesha, WI are largely dominated by the Republican party. The city of Waukesha is represented in the Wisconsin State Assembly by Republican Scott Allen and in the US House of Representatives by Republican Bryan Steil. However, there is a growing Democratic presence in the city. In 2019, Waukesha’s mayoral election was won for the first time in nearly 20 years by Democrat Shawn Reilly. This demonstrates that even though Republicans have traditionally been dominant in local politics, they can no longer take their support for granted. Waukesha residents have become more open-minded and willing to consider candidates from both parties when deciding who to elect to office.
The political climate in Zip 53188 (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 53188 (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 53188 (Waukesha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,434 contributions totaling $113,605 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 587 contributions totaling $210,143 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)