53227 West Allis, WI is a city that values its political voice and encourages civic engagement. The area has elected representatives in the state legislature as well as the U.S. Congress to represent its interests in Madison and Washington, D.C., respectively. In addition to these offices, there are various branches of local government which are responsible for providing services such as infrastructure maintenance and public safety. The city is also represented in county politics, school boards, and other regional agencies which serve the needs of the area's residents. Although elections are held regularly in 53227 West Allis, WI for these positions, candidates running on both sides of partisan lines strive to attract constituents with their platforms and policies on key issues such as economic development, environmental protection, education reform, and more. It is through this system that citizens can have their voices heard and help shape the future of their city.
The political climate in Zip 53227 (West Allis, 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 53227 (West Allis, WI) is strongly liberal.
West Allis, 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.
West Allis, 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 53227 (West Allis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 475 contributions totaling $50,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $22,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)