The La Crosse-Onalaska, WI Metro Area is a vibrant region in the Midwest United States. It is home to numerous industries, parks, and educational institutions. The area also has a strong political climate. Several local officials represent the area in the state legislature, and local councils are in place in both Onalaska and La Crosse. These officials focus on solving local issues such as infrastructure improvement, business development, public safety, and public health initiatives. They work closely with city staff and residents to craft policies that will benefit the community as a whole. A range of different perspectives are taken into consideration when creating these policies so that all members of the community can enjoy benefits from them. Additionally, a variety of events such as town hall meetings provide citizens with an opportunity to engage with their elected officials directly and discuss any concerns they may have about their communities.
The political climate in La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the La Crosse-Onalaska metro area remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.0%.
The La Crosse-Onalaska metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
La Crosse-Onalaska, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,170 contributions totaling $577,653 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,883 contributions totaling $1,258,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $668 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)