The Eau Claire Metro Area is located in western Wisconsin and is home to many vibrant communities. Politically, the area is considered to be a battleground, with both Democrat and Republican candidates regularly competing for local office. The most recent election saw several close races for city council seats, with the incumbents narrowly defeating their challengers in a few key districts. During the campaign season, both sides engaged in spirited debates on issues such as education funding and economic development. Local organizations representing diverse interests also weighed in on the debates, advocating for policies that would benefit their constituencies. As the metro area continues its growth, it will be interesting to see which political candidates are able to gain traction in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Eau Claire Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Eau Claire Metro Area 48.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Eau Claire metro area remained slightly Republican, 49.5% to 48.4%.
The Eau Claire metro area voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previ.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eau Claire Metro Area is leaning 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.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin: d d 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Eau Claire Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,411 contributions totaling $792,514 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,619 contributions totaling $502,571 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)