The politics of Marshfield, Wisconsin are reflective of the state as a whole. The city is governed by an elected mayor and council, which work together to ensure the best interests of the community are served. The current mayor is Bob McManus, who has been in office since 2017. All legislative decisions are made in collaboration with the City Council, consisting of 8 representatives elected by residents of each ward. At the state level, Marshfield is represented by Republican Congressmen Ron Kind and Sean Duffy in the U.S. House of Representatives and Tammy Baldwin in the U.S. Senate. Locally, the Marshfield Common Council works to promote economic development and create a more prosperous future for its citizens while also addressing important social issues such as public safety and education.
The political climate in Marshfield, WI is somewhat conservative.
Wood County, WI is moderately conservative. In Wood County, WI 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.6%.
Wood county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marshfield, WI is somewhat conservative.
Wood 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.
Marshfield, 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 Marshfield, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,254 contributions totaling $545,276 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 604 contributions totaling $236,366 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $391 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)