The city of La Crosse, WI 54601 has a long history of strong political participation. In the 2020 election season, the local citizens had an array of options for who to endorse in their different races. For the U.S. House of Representatives race, voters chose Ron Kind as their representative. At the state level, La Crosse residents voted overwhelmingly for Democrat Mandela Barnes as their Governor and Jill Karofsky as their Supreme Court Justice. The same elections saw Tiffany Koehler and Jesse James garnering large amounts of support for Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly respectively. Locally, La Crosse's Mayor Tim Kabat was reelected in 2021 after running against his opponent Gary Padesky in a tight race that highlighted differences in views about economic development and housing issues among other topics. The city also has an active City Council which includes five members representing each ward in La Crosse. Regardless of party affiliation or other affiliations, politicians from this area are dedicated to making sure that their constituents receive the best possible representation and service from their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 54601 (La Crosse, WI) is somewhat liberal.
La Crosse County, WI is somewhat liberal. In La Crosse County, WI 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, La Crosse county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.3%.
La Crosse county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 54601 (La Crosse, WI) is somewhat liberal.
La Crosse, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
La Crosse County, Wisconsin is somewhat liberal.
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, 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 54601 (La Crosse)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,753 contributions totaling $349,541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 634 contributions totaling $473,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $747 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)