Mauston, WI is a small city located in Juneau County. It has a rich political history stemming from its early days as an agricultural community to the present day as a major tourist destination. Mauston is represented in local government by two mayors and eight Common Council members who are elected every two years. The city also has seven voting precincts and is served by several members of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate. The city offers a variety of services designed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of residents such as law enforcement, trash collection, and snow removal services. City leaders work hard to ensure that all citizens have access to essential services while promoting economic development through business incentives and other initiatives. Through these efforts, Mauston strives to create a vibrant local economy that benefits everyone in the community.
The political climate in Mauston, WI is somewhat conservative.
Juneau County, WI is strongly conservative. In Juneau County, WI 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Juneau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.6%.
Juneau county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mauston, WI is somewhat conservative.
Juneau County, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Mauston, 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 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 Mauston, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $10,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $8,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)