Marquette County, Wisconsin is located in the north central part of the state and is populated by approximately 15,000 people. The county is governed by a board of supervisors and is represented in the State Assembly by District 66 Representative John Spiros. Local politics are focused on issues that affect those living in Marquette such as economic development, education, public safety and infrastructure improvements. Leaders in the county work together to ensure that its citizens have access to quality of life services and resources to support their livelihoods. In addition, residents frequently participate in local elections to determine who will represent them in government.
The political climate in 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
Marquette County, WI is strongly conservative.
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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.
Marquette, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Marquette County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 435 contributions totaling $44,308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $37,203 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)