Menominee County, Wisconsin is one of the smallest counties in the state with a population of less than 4,000 people. Despite its small size, Menominee County has an active political scene with several candidates running for office each election cycle. Several local politicians have made a name for themselves over the past few years, including Steve Sauer who was elected county sheriff in 2018 and Roberta Doxtator who was elected to the county board in 2020. In 2020, voters in Menominee county selected a variety of candidates from both major parties to serve them in various roles. The election results showed that voters were open to new ideas and chose candidates who promised to bring about positive change and make decisions with their best interests at heart. As the political landscape continues to evolve in Menominee County, residents can look forward to more progressive policies and representation from their elected officials.
The political climate in Menominee County, WI is very liberal.
In Menominee County, WI 81.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Menominee county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.9% to 17.5%.
Menominee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Menominee County, WI is very liberal.
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.
Menominee, Wisconsin: D D D D D D
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 Menominee County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)