Milwaukee, WI is a major city in the state of Wisconsin located in Milwaukee County. It is home to 53215 zip code and has a population of over 600,000 people. The political landscape of Milwaukee is diverse, with the Democratic Party being the dominant party in the city. The mayor of Milwaukee is Tom Barrett, a Democrat who has held office since 2004. At the state level, Wisconsin's legislature is currently controlled by Republicans. Senator Jerry Petrowski and Representative Rob Hutton currently represent 53215 Milwaukee in the State Senate and Assembly respectively. Both Senator Petrowski and Representative Hutton are members of the Republican Party. Additionally, there are several local political candidates who have filed for office in 53215 Milwaukee for 2021 elections including those from smaller parties like Green Party and Libertarian Party.
The political climate in Zip 53215 (Milwaukee, WI) is very 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 53215 (Milwaukee, WI) is very liberal.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin is very 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.
Milwaukee, 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 53215 (Milwaukee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 327 contributions totaling $27,851 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $9,262 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)