Kohler, Wisconsin is a small town located in Sheboygan County, with a population of 2,119 according to the 2010 Census. The town is governed by an elected Board of Trustees and Village President. Kohler takes great pride in its local politics, which focus heavily on civic engagement and transparent communication between the public and government institutions. In addition to its active citizenry, Kohler also provides support to local political candidates who seek office within the Village. Candidates are encouraged to attend public forums so that they may discuss their platforms as well as answer questions from constituents. Overall, the political atmosphere in Kohler is one of strong civic duty and involvement from both citizens and local officials.
The political climate in Kohler, WI is moderately conservative.
Sheboygan County, WI is somewhat conservative. In Sheboygan County, WI 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sheboygan county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.1%.
Sheboygan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kohler, WI is moderately conservative.
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Sheboygan 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.
Kohler, Wisconsin: R R r 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 Kohler, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,279 contributions totaling $569,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 647 contributions totaling $413,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $639 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)