Kenosha, WI is a vibrant city with a rich political history. Located on the border between Illinois and Wisconsin, Kenosha’s politics are heavily influenced by both states. The city has seen many local politicians come and go, representing a range of ideologies. As a blue-collar city with working class citizens, Kenosha is home to several labor unions that advocate for better wages and working conditions for their members. There are also several prominent businesses in the area that lobby for favorable regulations from local government. In recent years, Kenosha has become politically divided as mayoral elections have been hotly contested between Republican and Democratic candidates. Despite this division, residents of the city continue to show strong support for their elected officials regardless of party affiliation.
The political climate in Kenosha, WI is leaning liberal.
Kenosha County, WI is leaning conservative. In Kenosha County, WI 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenosha county remained Republican, 50.7% to 47.5%.
Kenosha county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kenosha, WI is leaning liberal.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Kenosha, Wisconsin: d d D D 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 Kenosha, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,502 contributions totaling $217,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,213 contributions totaling $1,999,232 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,648 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)