Altoona, WI (54720) is a small city located in Eau Claire County. The city is led by a Mayor and Common Council, who are elected to serve the community and develop policy. In recent years, the mayor has been leading efforts to improve infrastructure in the city, create economic development opportunities, and promote public safety. The local Common Council consists of eight members who are responsible for setting policies, ordinances, and budgets that guide the city's operations. Local elections are held regularly to elect representatives for each area of the city. There is an active political climate in Altoona and residents take part in debates about local issues such as public education, taxes, and public safety.
The political climate in Zip 54720 (Altoona, 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
Zip 54720 (Altoona, WI) is leaning liberal.
Altoona, Wisconsin 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.
Altoona, 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 zip 54720 (Altoona)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 376 contributions totaling $24,410 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $15,880 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)