Onalaska, WI is a small city located in La Crosse County, and it is the home of many distinctive political views. The diversity of the population in 54650 Onalaska adds to this unique blend of politics which can be seen throughout the local government. There are numerous representatives from both major parties that serve the citizens of Onalaska. These representatives work together to create policies that benefit the community while still maintaining their personal views on political issues. Additionally, there are many smaller political parties within Onalaska such as the Green Party, Libertarian Party, and Working Families who also offer an important perspective to help shape local laws and regulations. While there may not be any specific nameable local candidates running for office in Onalaska, all citizens have an opportunity to voice their opinion through public comment at city council meetings or by voting in elections during election cycles.
The political climate in Zip 54650 (Onalaska, WI) is leaning 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 54650 (Onalaska, WI) is leaning liberal.
Onalaska, Wisconsin is leaning 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.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 54650 (Onalaska)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,045 contributions totaling $85,853 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 648 contributions totaling $418,669 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $646 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)