The politics in Marinette, WI (54143) are typically dominated by the Republican Party. The city generally leans right and has voted for Republican presidential candidates in recent elections. However, there is a considerable amount of political diversity among local candidates. There are numerous candidates from a variety of political backgrounds running for office this year, including many from the Democratic Party. Issues such as education and the economy are important topics of discussion during local campaigns, as well as traditional conservative values like fiscal responsibility and limited government intervention. No matter who wins local office this year, it's certain that the citizens of Marinette will have an array of voices to represent their interests at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 54143 (Marinette, WI) is strongly conservative.
Marinette County, WI is very conservative. In Marinette County, WI 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marinette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.6% to 32.1%.
Marinette county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54143 (Marinette, WI) is strongly conservative.
Marinette, Wisconsin is strongly conservative.
Marinette County, Wisconsin is very conservative.
Marinette Metro Area is very 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.
Marinette, 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 54143 (Marinette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 422 contributions totaling $34,660 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $37,587 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)