Shields (Marquette Cnty), WI is a small rural town located in the central region of the state. It has been an important part of Marquette County's political history, having contributed three mayors in its history. The current mayor is Donna Smole, who was elected to office in 2018. She is a retired teacher and community leader with over thirty years of experience as an active member in local politics. Her focus during her term has been on infrastructure improvement projects such as road repair, water systems upgrades, and economic development initiatives. Shields is also represented by five members on the Marquette County Board of Supervisors, who are elected for two-year terms. The Board works closely with the mayor and other municipal officials to ensure that all areas of Shields have access to essential services and resources necessary for a thriving community.
The political climate in Shields town (Marquette County), WI is strongly conservative.
Marquette County, WI is strongly conservative. In Marquette County, WI 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marquette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 35.7%.
Marquette county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shields town (Marquette County), WI is strongly conservative.
Marquette County, Wisconsin is strongly 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.
Shields town (Marquette County), Wisconsin: r r d d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Shields town (Marquette County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $16,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 342 contributions totaling $80,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)