Kossuth, WI is a small town in the Midwest that is known for its strong sense of community. With a population of roughly 2,500 people, Kossuth residents take pride in their hometown and are fiercely passionate about local politics. The town’s mayor is currently Jim Smith, who has held the position for the past eight years and plans to run again. In addition to the mayor, there are four city council members who each serve two-year terms. Elections are held every two years to allow new candidates to step up and replace those whose terms have expired. Kossuth residents actively participate in these elections and take an active role in shaping their city’s future by voting for the candidates they believe will best represent them. The current council members are Trish Wilson, Molly Johnson, Mike Walker, and Greg Anderson.
The political climate in Kossuth, WI is strongly conservative.
Manitowoc County, WI is moderately conservative. In Manitowoc County, WI 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Manitowoc county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 37.5%.
Manitowoc county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kossuth, WI is strongly conservative.
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Manitowoc Metro Area is moderately 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.
Kossuth, Wisconsin: r r d 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 Kossuth, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,402 contributions totaling $165,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 863 contributions totaling $135,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)