Spencer, WI is a small town located in Marathon County, with a population of approximately 816 people. The local government is led by an elected mayor and six alderpersons. For the past few years, the local politics have been relatively peaceful with no major political issues or controversies. Currently there are two candidates running for mayor: Orion Niles and Mallory Shaw. Niles has been a long-term resident of Spencer and is a well-known community leader while Shaw is new to town but brings her expertise in business management to the table. Each candidate has outlined their respective platforms which include economic growth, development of infrastructure, and support of the local school system. Residents of Spencer will be able to vote for either candidate in the upcoming mayoral election taking place on November 5th, 2019.
The political climate in Zip 54479 (Spencer, 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 54479 (Spencer, WI) is moderately conservative.
Spencer, 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.
Spencer, 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 54479 (Spencer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $2,219 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $3,911 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)