The city of Wauwatosa, located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, is a vibrant community with a population of 47,271 people. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government, where the Mayor is elected to serve as the Chief Executive Officer for the City and presides over all meetings of the Common Council. The Common Council consists of 15 members who are elected from six districts. In recent elections, candidates have included Matt Stippich, Diane Loeffler, Dennis McBride and Shawn Rolland. Each candidate brings unique experience and perspectives that will help to shape the future of Wauwatosa through policies that promote economic development while maintaining its small-town atmosphere. Residents can expect to see continued focus on issues such as enhancing public safety and transportation options, improving infrastructure, supporting local businesses and addressing social justice initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 53226 (Wauwatosa, 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 53226 (Wauwatosa, WI) is strongly liberal.
Wauwatosa, 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.
Wauwatosa, 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 53226 (Wauwatosa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,719 contributions totaling $199,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 662 contributions totaling $430,885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $651 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)