Marathon County, WI is a vibrant and diverse community located in the state of Wisconsin. It is home to a variety of political affiliations, all of which are playing an important role in shaping the county's future. In recent years, Marathon County has elected multiple representatives from both major party affiliations: Democratic and Republican. These individuals have been instrumental in introducing legislation that has benefited the citizens living in Marathon County. Additionally, local non-partisan groups have also had a role in advocating for initiatives that would benefit the people of Marathon County. There has been strong support for measures such as increased funding for public schools, improved infrastructure development, and efforts to reduce crime rates in the county. Overall, it is safe to say that politics plays an important role in shaping everyday life within Marathon County.
The political climate in 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
Marathon County, WI 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.
Marathon, 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 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 Marathon County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,546 contributions totaling $507,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,849 contributions totaling $667,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $361 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)