The city of Sheboygan, WI (53081) is a small, lakeside community in the Great Lakes region. It is governed by an elected mayor and eight aldermen who oversee city policies and services. The people of Sheboygan are represented in political matters at the state level by Wisconsin State Representatives and Senators elected by voters from within the district. On the national level, citizens in 53081 are served by U.S. Congressional Representatives from the 6th District of Wisconsin. In addition to these representatives, Sheboygan has an active voice in local politics through various organizations, such as the League of Women Voters Sheboygan County and the Sheboygan County Democratic Party, which both work to make sure that residents’ interests are considered when making important decisions that affect their community. Through their involvement with these groups, citizens have opportunities to get involved with local politics and participate in decisions that shape their lives and future.
The political climate in Zip 53081 (Sheboygan, WI) is somewhat conservative.
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
Zip 53081 (Sheboygan, WI) is somewhat conservative.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin is somewhat conservative.
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin 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 zip 53081 (Sheboygan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 994 contributions totaling $102,548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 463 contributions totaling $163,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $354 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)