Franzen, WI is a small town located in the heart of Wisconsin. The town is governed by a mayor and five members of the city council, who are elected by the citizens of Franzen. Along with local elections, the people of Franzen also participate in state and national elections to help determine who will be representing them both in their community and beyond. With a strong sense of local pride, the citizens of Franzen care deeply about their political representation and actively participate in debates about issues that affect their town. In addition to participating in local elections, many Franzen residents are politically active by attending rallies and supporting organizations that advocate for their beliefs. This engaging attitude towards politics helps ensure that Franzen's voice is heard on important issues such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
The political climate in Franzen, WI is strongly 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
Franzen, WI is strongly 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.
Franzen, 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 Franzen, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $1,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)