Eau Claire County in Wisconsin is home to over 100,000 people and is an important part of the state's political landscape. The county has its own government which consists of a Board of Supervisors, who are responsible for making decisions that impact the area. On the national level, Eau Claire is represented by three members of Congress: Ron Kind (D), Mike Gallagher (R) and Tom Tiffany (R). In addition to their federal representation, the county also elects local representatives to the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate. Candidates from both major parties stand for election every two years during primary and general elections. Issues such as healthcare, education, taxes, and economic development are regularly debated by local politicians in order to ensure that Eau Claire residents have access to quality services and resources.
The political climate in 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 County, WI 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 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 Eau Claire County, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,439 contributions totaling $591,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,306 contributions totaling $326,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)