Eau Claire is a city located in the Northwestern part of Wisconsin, with a population of over 67,000 residents. It is an important hub for business, healthcare and education in the region. Politically, the city has been long-standing Democratic stronghold, with Democratic candidates regularly elected to local offices such as Mayor, City Council Members and County Supervisors. The current mayor of Eau Claire is Brian Minor, who was first elected in 2019. He has taken some progressive stances on issues such as diversity and economic development that have been well received by voters. Additionally, officials from both major political parties are actively involved in the local political landscape and regularly host events to engage citizens in the political process. With tensions between citizens representing different interests often running high during election season, it's important that all those living in Eau Claire feel their voices are heard and respected.
The political climate in Zip 54703 (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
Zip 54703 (Eau Claire, WI) is leaning liberal.
Eau Claire, 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.
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 zip 54703 (Eau Claire)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,093 contributions totaling $88,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 451 contributions totaling $191,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)