53189 Waukesha, WI is small suburban community in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Politically, it is a very conservative area with most residents voting Republican in major elections. The municipal government of 53189 Waukesha consists of a mayor and seven council members who are elected by the citizens living within the city limits. The current mayor is Shawn Reilly and the council members include Joe Pieper, John Marek, Angie Evers, Steve Johnson, Paula Phillips, Kathleen Cummings and Jeff Scrima. These politicians are focused on maintaining fiscal responsibility while providing excellent services to the citizens of 53189 Waukesha. They all strive to keep taxes low while working hard to ensure that residents have access to quality healthcare, education, housing and recreational opportunities. Additionally, they prioritize initiatives that will drive economic development in order to improve local job opportunities for local citizens.
The political climate in Zip 53189 (Waukesha, 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 53189 (Waukesha, WI) is moderately conservative.
Waukesha, 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.
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 53189 (Waukesha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 675 contributions totaling $55,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 432 contributions totaling $268,604 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $622 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)