West Bend, WI is a small city located in Washington County in the state of Wisconsin. Politically, the city is represented by elected officials from a variety of backgrounds and levels of government. At the local level, representatives are elected to the West Bend Common Council, which consists of several positions including Mayor, Director of Public Works and Library Board Member. The Common Council meets regularly to discuss and vote on matters such as budgets, laws, building permits and zoning ordinances. On a larger scale, West Bend residents also elect members to represent them in both the Wisconsin State House and Senate. These legislators work closely with local officials on matters such as taxation and infrastructure development. At the federal level, West Bend is included in Wisconsin's 6th congressional district which is currently represented by Glenn Grothman for US Congress. Through these various levels of government representation, West Bend citizens are able to voice their opinions on important issues facing their community and have their concerns heard at all levels of governance.
The political climate in West Bend, WI is moderately 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
West Bend, WI is moderately 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 West Bend, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 862 contributions totaling $83,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,022 contributions totaling $326,393 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)