Union (Eau Claire Cnty), WI is an actively engaged community when it comes to politics. Residents often take part in local elections, staying informed on the issues that are most important to them and their families. Political candidates in Union (Eau Claire Cnty), WI prioritize the needs of their constituents and focus on topics such as education, healthcare, job growth, and regional infrastructure. The general consensus among Union residents is that they want fiscally sensible and socially conscious politicians who have the best interests of their community in mind and can look out for them in local government.
The political climate in Union town (Eau Claire County), WI is leaning conservative.
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
Union town (Eau Claire County), WI is leaning conservative.
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.
Union town (Eau Claire County), 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Union town (Eau Claire County), WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,143 contributions totaling $92,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 492 contributions totaling $195,896 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $398 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)