Eau Claire, WI is a small city in the western part of the state with a population of just over 65,000. Politics in Eau Claire are overwhelmingly dominated by the Democratic Party, which holds both seats in the United States House of Representatives as well as the majority of local positions such as mayor and county executive. Local candidates have run on platforms advocating for issues like environmental protection, urban renewal projects, and job creation initiatives. In addition to these issues, candidates have also worked to promote causes related to social justice and health care reform. There are several organizations working in Eau Claire to engage young people in politics and empower them to make their voices heard in this vibrant community.
The political climate in Eau Claire, WI is leaning liberal.
Eau Claire County, WI is somewhat liberal. In Eau Claire County, WI 54.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eau Claire county remained strongly Democratic, 54.3% to 43.5%.
Eau Claire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eau Claire, WI is leaning liberal.
Eau Claire County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
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 d 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 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 Eau Claire, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,835 contributions totaling $811,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,907 contributions totaling $656,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)