Menasha, WI is a small city located in Winnebago County. Politics in Menasha are run by the Mayor and City Council. The current mayor of Menasha is Donald Merkes and the City Council consists of seven members who are elected from Wards within the city for two-year terms. The political agenda is informed by local residents and businesses, which seek to ensure that their voices are heard in decision making processes. The City works with numerous community organizations to support initiatives such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection. In addition to addressing issues on a local level, Menasha also works with regional representatives on matters affecting the entire county. Through this collaborative effort, Menasha strives to maintain an atmosphere of community engagement that serves the best interests of its citizens.
The political climate in Menasha, WI is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, WI is leaning conservative. In Winnebago County, WI 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winnebago county remained Republican, 50.8% to 46.9%.
Winnebago county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Menasha, WI is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Appleton 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.
Menasha, Wisconsin: r r 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 Menasha, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,433 contributions totaling $163,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,094 contributions totaling $573,756 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $524 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)