Edgar, WI is a small village located in Marathon County in the middle of Wisconsin. While it may not be a major political hub, the locals still have plenty to say about their local politics. The village's mayor is currently William J. Hintz, who was elected in 2019 with 62% of the vote. The Village Board also consists of several members who are responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations and making decisions about future plans for the village. In addition to these positions, the town also has various representatives from both the state and federal levels that work to represent their constituents and bring their voices to government policy debates. Everyone in Edgar takes pride in having a voice in local and national politics and often actively participates in elections by casting their votes for those they support.
The political climate in Zip 54426 (Edgar, WI) is moderately 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
Zip 54426 (Edgar, WI) is moderately conservative.
Edgar, Wisconsin is moderately 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.
Edgar, 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 zip 54426 (Edgar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $9,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)