Whitefish Bay, WI (53217) is a small and vibrant suburb of Milwaukee located in the Midwest. The community is known for its strong sense of civic pride and involvement. Politically, Whitefish Bay is a strongly liberal area, with most residents voting for Democratic candidates in both local and national elections. The local government takes an active stance on environmental protection and sustainability, recently implementing a city-wide ban on single-use plastic items like grocery bags. In addition to this, the city has also enacted several ordinances aimed at increasing economic equity and local businesses. At the state level, 53217 supports progressive politicians who prioritize education reform, healthcare access, and criminal justice reform. Local representatives are committed to working in partnership with citizens to ensure their needs are being met and that their voices are heard in state politics.
The political climate in Zip 53217 (Whitefish Bay, 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 53217 (Whitefish Bay, WI) is strongly liberal.
Whitefish Bay, 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.
Whitefish Bay, 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 53217 (Whitefish Bay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,876 contributions totaling $1,558,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,500 contributions totaling $2,992,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)