The city of West Bend, WI is home to a diverse community of nearly 31,000 people. Located in Washington County, it is known for its thriving small business market and scenic landscape along the Milwaukee River. The city is also well-known for its political life. Local elections take place every two years to determine who will hold the mayor and city council positions. During these elections, local residents are encouraged to get involved and cast their ballots for the candidates that best represent their beliefs and values. Over the years, West Bend has seen many passionate candidates running for office in order to create positive change in the local government. These candidates have worked diligently to create policies that focus on improving the quality of life for all citizens of West Bend by focusing on economic development, public safety, education, sustainability initiatives, and more.
The political climate in Zip 53090 (West Bend, WI) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, WI is very conservative. In Washington County, WI 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 30.3%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53090 (West Bend, WI) is strongly conservative.
West Bend, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Wisconsin is very 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.
West Bend, 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 53090 (West Bend)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 277 contributions totaling $29,795 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $30,993 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)