Merrimac, WI is a small town located in Sauk County with an estimated population of about 1,300 people. The local politics of Merrimac are centered around the village board which consists of a president, trustees and clerks. The current president is Mary Burbach and the trustees are Charlette Squires, Cindy Coffman, and Bill Cimino. The village board is responsible for overseeing matters related to local government services such as planning and zoning, public safety, parks and recreation, public works and utilities. They also manage the budget and fiscal responsibilities for the village. In addition to the elected officials that serve on the village board there are many active civic organizations that promote activities throughout the town such as community events, businesses, development projects, arts initiatives and volunteer opportunities. Citizens can get involved by attending meetings or volunteering at events in order to stay informed about what’s going on in Merrimac.
The political climate in Zip 53561 (Merrimac, WI) is leaning conservative.
Sauk County, WI is leaning liberal. In Sauk County, WI 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sauk county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 48.3%.
Sauk county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 53561 (Merrimac, WI) is leaning conservative.
Merrimac, Wisconsin is leaning conservative.
Sauk County, Wisconsin is leaning liberal.
Baraboo Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Merrimac, Wisconsin: d d D D r d
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 53561 (Merrimac)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $11,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)