Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin is an active political community. The city has a strong sense of civic engagement, which is often reflected in the local elections held throughout the year. Residents regularly come to the polls to vote on who will represent them in local government and make decisions that impact their lives. In addition to voting for local officials, Prairie du Chien residents are also actively involved in other forms of political engagement such as attending public meetings and participating in protests and rallies. This commitment to engaging in the democratic process ensures that all voices can be heard and that all citizens have a say in how the community operates.
The political climate in Prairie du Chien, WI is leaning conservative.
Crawford County, WI is leaning conservative. In Crawford County, WI 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained moderately Republican, 53.1% to 45.5%.
Crawford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prairie du Chien, WI is leaning conservative.
Crawford County, Wisconsin 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.
Prairie du Chien, 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 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 Prairie du Chien, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $27,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $52,649 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)