Richmond, located in Shawano County, Wisconsin is a small rural town with a population of just over 1000 people. While the city may be small, it still has an active political scene. The current mayor is Robert Thome who was elected in April 2019 and is looking to make Richmond an even better place to live and work. The city council, which consists of six members, works hard to make decisions that are best for the citizens of Richmond. In addition to these elected officials, there are other local organizations that are actively involved in the political scene like the Richmond Chamber of Commerce and the Richmond Community Center. These organizations have a vested interest in making sure that their community remains strong and vibrant.
The political climate in Richmond town (Shawano County), WI is strongly conservative.
Shawano County, WI is very conservative. In Shawano County, WI 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shawano county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 31.5%.
Shawano county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond town (Shawano County), WI is strongly conservative.
Shawano County, Wisconsin is very conservative.
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.
Richmond town (Shawano County), 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 Richmond town (Shawano County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 513 contributions totaling $77,552 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 276 contributions totaling $29,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)