The city of Milwaukee, WI 53224 is a vibrant and diverse community that offers a range of activities and experiences for residents. Politically, the city is represented by both state and local government officials. In the Wisconsin State Legislature, the city is served by Senator Lena Taylor and Representative David Crowley in the 4th district. At the local level, Mayor Tom Barrett serves as chief executive alongside elected members of Common Council who preside over 15 distinct districts within Milwaukee. As such, Milwaukee is an example of representative democracy at its finest with citizens having a say in their own political destiny through their involvement in their local governments.
The political climate in Zip 53224 (Milwaukee, 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 53224 (Milwaukee, WI) is strongly liberal.
Milwaukee, 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.
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 53224 (Milwaukee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 458 contributions totaling $48,546 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $24,389 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)