Russell is a small town located in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin that is known for its tight-knit community and strong sense of local pride. Politically, Russell is quite conservative and the entire county typically votes Republican in presidential elections. At the local level, there are a variety of candidates running for office in Russell representing different political parties and ideologies. These candidates include members of the local Democratic Party, Libertarian Party, and Constitution Party, as well as independent candidates who are not affiliated with any particular party. These individuals have made it their mission to serve the people of Russell by advocating for their interests in government.
The political climate in Russell town (Sheboygan County), 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
Russell town (Sheboygan County), 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.
Russell town (Sheboygan County), 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 Russell town (Sheboygan County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 682 contributions totaling $62,730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $788,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,795 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)