Green Bay, Wisconsin is a city located in the northeastern corner of the state in Brown County. It is home to roughly 105,000 people and is known for its strong sense of community. Politically, Green Bay is an active and engaged town that often votes as a Democratic stronghold. Every two years, citizens take part in local elections to choose their leaders on boards and commissions who work towards the betterment of the city. Popular recent efforts have included initiatives focused on supporting small businesses, improving public transportation, and creating more sidewalks and bike lanes for people to move around safely. Local candidates often emphasize empowering local communities to create meaningful change and work together for a brighter future.
The political climate in Green Bay, WI is leaning conservative.
Brown County, WI is leaning conservative. In Brown County, WI 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 45.5%.
Brown county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Green Bay, WI is leaning conservative.
Brown County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Green Bay Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Green Bay, Wisconsin: r r d 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 Green Bay, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,128 contributions totaling $621,864 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,112 contributions totaling $1,437,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)