Marathon, WI (54448) is a small rural town in Wisconsin with a population of just over 2,400 people. It is located in Marathon County and is governed by a mayor-council system with the mayor currently being Elected Mayor Jim Paine. The town has two local political candidates running for office in the upcoming election: Gary Fisher and Don Anderson. Both candidates have outlined their plans for improving the local economy and addressing local issues such as taxes, public safety, education, and job creation. Gary Fisher emphasizes his business experience while Don Anderson highlights his experience serving on the school board. Voters in Marathon will have to decide who can best represent their interests when they go to the polls on Election Day.
The political climate in Zip 54448 (Marathon, 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 54448 (Marathon, WI) is moderately conservative.
Marathon, 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.
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 zip 54448 (Marathon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $10,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $15,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)