The city of Menasha, WI is a small town with a population of just over 18,000 people. Politically, the town leans Democratic, with Democrats making up 44% of the registered voters in the area. Locally elected officials are responsible for making key decisions that impact the daily lives of citizens and businesses within Menasha. These include setting tax rates, managing local budgets, deciding on zoning and land use issues and overseeing local services such as police protection, fire protection and public utilities. Local candidates are typically chosen through municipal elections held every two years. Residents can get involved in their local politics by attending meetings, voting in elections, or even running as a candidate themselves.
The political climate in Zip 54952 (Menasha, WI) is leaning conservative.
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
Zip 54952 (Menasha, WI) is leaning conservative.
Menasha, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, Wisconsin 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.
Menasha, 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 zip 54952 (Menasha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 771 contributions totaling $37,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 406 contributions totaling $243,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $600 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)