The politics in the Racine, WI Metro Area are vibrant and diverse. The city of Racine itself is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The council consists of 16 members, including the mayor who serves as an at-large representative. These elected officials work together to create laws and policies that will help protect the rights of their constituents and promote progress throughout the city. In addition to city politics, there are also state level representatives in the area. These representatives are responsible for sponsoring legislation at the state level and voting on matters pertaining to their districts. Racine's congressional district is represented by Bryan Steil (R) in Washington D.C., while state senate and assembly seats are held by a variety of Republicans and Democrats.
The political climate in Racine Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Racine Metro Area 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Racine metro area remained narrowly Republican, 51.2% to 47.1%.
The Racine metro area voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Racine 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.
Racine, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Racine Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,898 contributions totaling $501,376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,051 contributions totaling $1,799,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $590 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)