Winnebago County, Wisconsin is a vibrant and politically active community. The county is home to several political organizations that focus on issues that are important to the people of the area. These include organizations such as the Winnebago County Democratic Party, the Winnebago County Republican Party, the Winnebago County Libertarian Party, and many others. Local politicians in Winnebago County work together to ensure their constituents’ needs are being met through effective policies and initiatives. Residents of the county have the opportunity to get involved in local politics by attending meetings or rallies, joining committees and task forces, or even running for office themselves. Through these efforts, Winnebago County has seen positive progress in terms of economic growth and social justice for all its citizens.
The political climate in Winnebago County, WI is leaning conservative.
In Winnebago County, WI 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winnebago county remained Republican, 50.8% to 46.9%.
Winnebago county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winnebago County, WI is leaning conservative.
Oshkosh-Neenah Metro Area is leaning 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.
Winnebago, Wisconsin: r r D d 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 Winnebago County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,910 contributions totaling $610,484 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,404 contributions totaling $1,151,538 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $338 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)