Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin is a small city located along the Door County peninsula in northeastern Wisconsin. As with other cities of similar size, Sturgeon Bay has its own local political landscape that is shaped by the unique needs and interests of its residents. Local politics in Sturgeon Bay revolves around issues such as education funding, economic development, community infrastructure improvement projects, public safety, and environmental protection. The City of Sturgeon Bay also elects seven members to its common council who serve two-year terms representing wards within the city limits. Each member of the council works diligently to represent their constituents while also advocating for the best outcome for the city as a whole. Furthermore, Sturgeon Bay has traditionally enjoyed strong representation from both major political parties on both the state and federal levels.
The political climate in Sturgeon Bay, WI is leaning conservative.
Door County, WI is leaning liberal. In Door County, WI 49.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Door county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.9% to 48.5%.
Door county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sturgeon Bay, WI is leaning conservative.
Door County, Wisconsin is leaning 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.
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin: r r D d r 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 Sturgeon Bay, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,353 contributions totaling $159,888 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 665 contributions totaling $118,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)