Marathon City, WI is a vibrant and diverse community with many local government representatives who work to provide essential services to its citizens. The local government in Marathon City consists of an elected mayor, eight aldermen, and numerous committees that help ensure the best possible quality of life for residents. The mayor and aldermen meet regularly to discuss important city issues such as infrastructure maintenance, public safety, economic development, housing initiatives, and more. They also work with state and federal representatives to ensure the city’s needs are addressed on a larger scale. With so much attention being given to improving the lives of Marathon City’s residents, the community has seen great growth over recent years.
The political climate in Marathon City, WI is moderately conservative.
Marathon County, WI is moderately conservative. In Marathon County, WI 40.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marathon county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 40.1%.
Marathon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marathon City, WI is moderately conservative.
Marathon County, Wisconsin is moderately conservative.
Wausau-Weston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Marathon City, Wisconsin: r r d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Marathon City, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $10,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $15,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)