Crystal Lake (Marquette County), WI has a long history of local politics. The city is home to several local political organizations that strive to represent the diverse interests and values of the community. Crystal Lake has seen numerous elections over the years, giving residents multiple opportunities to get involved in the electoral process. Local candidates have varying levels of experience and draw from a variety of backgrounds, including business, education, community service, and more. Issues such as economic development, infrastructure, and environmental protection are regularly discussed during local political debates and forums. Through active citizen engagement and involvement in the decision making process, Crystal Lake residents have had a strong impact on the direction their city has taken over time.
The political climate in Crystal Lake town (Marquette County), WI is moderately conservative.
Marquette County, WI is strongly conservative. In Marquette County, WI 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marquette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 35.7%.
Marquette county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crystal Lake town (Marquette County), WI is moderately conservative.
Marquette 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.
Crystal Lake town (Marquette County), 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 Crystal Lake town (Marquette County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 251 contributions totaling $25,036 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 289 contributions totaling $41,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)