21 Eau Claire
Located about 90 miles west of the Twin Cities, Eau Claire County is one of the fastest growing parts of Wisconsin outside of the Madison metro. The county’s population is more white than the state average, as well as younger and with generally higher levesl of educational attainment. Incomes are similar to the state average. Politically, Eau Claire leans Democratic. It was more competitive between the parties during the 2010-2016 period, but Democrats improved their performance in the 2018-2022 cycles.
21.1 Demographics
21.2 county election results
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21.3 municipality election results
Over half the population lives in the City of Eau Claire, home to UW-Eau Claire. Another 8,500 people live in the adjacent City of Altoona, the county’s second largest community. These two cities vote consistently Democratic and are responsible for the county’s overall tilt, as most of the rural towns vote Republican.
This map shows the location of each municipality in the county, as it existed in 2022.
These dot plots show the most recent election results in each municipality.
To more clearly illustrate recent changes in municipality voting trends, these scatterplots compare the most recent vote for president and senator with the shift from that office’s previous election.
These maps show show every election result since 2000 in each municipality.
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