Stratford, Wisconsin is a small town in Marathon County with a population of about 896 people. The local politics in Stratford are largely focused on keeping the community healthy and safe through initiatives that improve the quality of life for its citizens. The town’s government is composed of an elected mayor, a seven-member board of trustees, and various volunteers who serve on committees such as parks and recreation, finance, public works, and economic development. Each year, elections are held to determine who will lead the town for the following term. Recent initiatives have included increasing public safety and creating more recreational activities for residents to enjoy. Stratford takes pride in having an engaged citizenry that participates in local politics and works together to benefit the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 54484 (Stratford, 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 54484 (Stratford, WI) is moderately conservative.
Stratford, 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.
Stratford, 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 54484 (Stratford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $3,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $28,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $480 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)