The small town of Marengo, WI is known for its strong sense of community and rural setting. Politically, the town leans right-of-center, with many residents promoting conservative values. The governing body of Marengo is a Town Board consisting of seven elected officials who are responsible for making decisions that affect the entire community. Local elections typically focus on issues such as public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and social services. While there are no local political candidates to discuss in this context, it is clear that the citizens of Marengo take an active role in their government and strive to make their town a better place to live and work.
The political climate in Marengo, WI is leaning conservative.
Ashland County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Ashland County, WI 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashland county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 43.9%.
Ashland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marengo, WI is leaning conservative.
Ashland County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
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.
Marengo, 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 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 Marengo, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $8,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $45,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $779 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)