Sheboygan County is located in the southeastern part of Wisconsin and is home to a diverse population. It is governed by an elected Board of Supervisors, who are responsible for overseeing the county government. The board includes five members, each representing one of Sheboygan County's five districts. The board meets regularly to discuss issues affecting county residents such as economic development, public safety, health care, housing, transportation, and more. Additionally, Sheboygan County has an elected Clerk-Treasurer who serves as the county's chief financial officer and oversees elections. The county also has an appointed Administrator who oversees day-to-day operations and ensures that all county departments are operating efficiently. Each town or city within Sheboygan County also has its own mayor and council to manage local matters such as zoning regulations or public works projects.
The political climate in 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
Sheboygan County, WI 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.
Sheboygan, 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 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 Sheboygan County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,291 contributions totaling $738,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,940 contributions totaling $1,470,138 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $758 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)