Brown County, Wisconsin is home to a diverse array of political views and perspectives. The county holds elections for local county positions such as County Supervisor, County Clerk, Sheriff, Treasurer, and District Attorney. During these elections the citizens of Brown County are able to vote on who will be representing their interests in the county government. The elections always seem to bring out strong opinions from all sides and there is usually an interesting debate among candidates to get elected into office. Brown County also has many different political organizations that allow citizens to come together and discuss their political beliefs and goals for the county. These organizations provide a platform for citizens of all political affiliations to learn more about current issues in the area. With all of this political diversity in Brown County, it makes for an exciting election season each year as people make their voices heard by voting for the candidates they believe are best suited for office.
The political climate in Brown County, WI is leaning conservative.
In Brown County, WI 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 45.5%.
Brown county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brown County, WI is leaning conservative.
Green Bay 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.
Brown, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Brown County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,370 contributions totaling $822,198 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,639 contributions totaling $2,665,021 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $574 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)