Keshena, Wisconsin is located in Shawano County and is the home of the Menominee Nation. Keshena has a long history in politics, with prominent Native American leaders who have served in local, state, and federal government offices. The current mayor of Keshena is Rich Pecore, who has held the office since 2004 and is running for re-election this year. In addition to Mayor Pecore, there are two other mayoral candidates: Mary Enochs and Amanda Bauknecht. Both candidates are committed to representing all members of the community and contributing to positive change in Keshena. In addition to the mayoral race, many city council positions are up for election this year, providing an opportunity for residents to get involved in their local government. It is clear that local politics are important for Keshena's future and that citizens have a strong voice in helping shape their community's future direction.
The political climate in Keshena, WI is somewhat liberal.
Menominee County, WI is very liberal. In Menominee County, WI 81.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Menominee county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.9% to 17.5%.
Menominee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Keshena, WI is somewhat liberal.
Menominee County, Wisconsin is very liberal.
Shawano Metro Area is strongly 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.
Keshena, 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 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 Keshena, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)