2022 population: 518,697
( 20,367 from 2010
, 999 from 2020)
Land area: 8279.0 square miles
Population density: 62.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 468,490 | 90.32% | 1.2% |
Black: | 6,926 | 1.34% | 33.0% |
Indian: | 3,517 | 0.68% | 10.9% |
Asian: | 14,439 | 2.78% | 34.8% |
2+ races: | 8,487 | 1.64% | 50.7% |
Hispanic: | 16,838 | 3.25% | 62.3% |
Total non-White: | 50,207 | 9.68% | 42.1% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 12,166 | 11.8 |
Deaths: | 11,868 | 11.5 |
Net Migration: | 139 | 0.1 |
Net Immigration: | 355 | 0.3 |
Change in White population: | 5,504 | 1.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 14,863 | 3.0 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +17,004 | D +1,722 | D + 1.2% | |
D +18,726 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +28,587 | R +35,430 | R + 13.7% | |
D -6,843 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +39,172 | R +56,210 | R + 22.0% | |
D -17,038 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +22,168 | R +57,932 | R + 23.1% | |
D -35,764 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 69% | Donald Trump* (R) | 141,611 | 50.5% | Joe Biden (D) | 133,443 | 47.6% | 5,456 [+] | 1.9% | 280,510 | 4 | 0.18% |
2016 | 65% | Donald Trump (R) | 124,607 | 48.3% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 114,717 | 44.5% | 18,618 [+] | 7.2% | 257,942 | 2 | 0.19% |
2012 | 66% | Barack Obama* (D) | 140,286 | 54.4% | Mitt Romney (R) | 113,024 | 43.9% | 4,346 [+] | 1.7% | 257,656 | -3 | 0.20% |
2008 | 68% | Barack Obama (D) | 150,481 | 58.5% | John McCain (R) | 102,439 | 39.8% | 4,421 [+] | 1.7% | 257,341 | -6 | 0.20% |
2004 | 71% | John Kerry (D) | 135,535 | 52.1% | George W. Bush* (R) | 121,610 | 46.7% | 3,161 [+] | 1.2% | 260,306 | -4 | 0.21% |
2000 | 64% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 111,699 | 49.1% | George W. Bush (R) | 103,302 | 45.4% | 12,662 [+] | 5.6% | 227,663 | -3 | 0.22% |
1996 | 57% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 95,688 | 49.1% | Robert Dole (R) | 67,942 | 34.9% | 31,057 [+] | 16.0% | 194,687 | -6 | 0.20% |
1992 | 69% | Bill Clinton (D) | 96,368 | 42.8% | George Bush* (R) | 76,329 | 33.9% | 52,719 [+] | 23.4% | 225,416 | -4 | 0.22% |
1988 | 60% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 98,743 | 51.5% | George Bush (R) | 91,360 | 47.7% | 1,461 [+] | 0.8% | 191,564 | -6 | 0.21% |
1984 | 63% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 107,210 | 54.9% | Walter Mondale (D) | 86,641 | 44.4% | 1,346 | 0.7% | 195,197 | -4 | 0.21% |
1980 | 67% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 99,432 | 49.0% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 85,675 | 42.2% | 17,684 [+] | 8.7% | 202,791 | -2 | 0.23% |
1976 | 69% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 91,691 | 49.2% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 90,725 | 48.7% | 3,759 [+] | 2.0% | 186,175 | 1 | 0.23% |
1972 | 62% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 92,629 | 57.8% | George McGovern (D) | 64,469 | 40.2% | 3,162 [+] | 2.0% | 160,260 | -3 | 0.21% |
1968 | 65% | Richard Nixon (R) | 75,905 | 51.4% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 61,150 | 41.4% | 10,717 [+] | 7.3% | 147,772 | 8 | 0.20% |
1964 | 67% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 89,197 | 60.6% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 57,757 | 39.2% | 212 | 0.1% | 147,166 | 1 | 0.21% |
1960 | 73% | Richard Nixon (R) | 85,880 | 54.5% | John Kennedy (D) | 71,458 | 45.4% | 212 | 0.1% | 157,550 | 5 | 0.23% |
1956 | 62% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 85,018 | 59.6% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 57,118 | 40.1% | 438 | 0.3% | 142,574 | 2 | 0.23% |
1952 | 67% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 96,323 | 63.6% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 54,760 | 36.2% | 378 | 0.2% | 151,461 | 8 | 0.25% |
1948 | 55% | Harry Truman* (D) | 64,714 | 53.0% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 55,578 | 45.5% | 1,874 [+] | 1.5% | 122,166 | 0 | 0.25% |
1944 | 58% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 69,639 | 54.3% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 57,884 | 45.2% | 632 | 0.5% | 128,155 | 8 | 0.27% |
1940 | 67% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 77,767 | 53.9% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 65,420 | 45.3% | 1,124 | 0.8% | 144,311 | 9 | 0.29% |
1936 | 65% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 74,862 | 58.9% | Alf Landon (R) | 45,891 | 36.1% | 6,399 [+] | 5.0% | 127,152 | 0 | 0.28% |
1932 | 59% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 69,027 | 61.4% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 41,562 | 36.9% | 1,893 [+] | 1.7% | 112,482 | -3 | 0.28% |
1928 | 62% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 69,020 | 61.8% | Al Smith (D) | 41,934 | 37.5% | 819 [+] | 0.7% | 111,773 | 4 | 0.30% |
1924 | 56% | Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 55,269 | 56.0% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 36,801 | 37.3% | 6,695 [+] | 6.8% | 98,765 | -17 | 0.34% |
1920 | 46% | Warren Harding (R) | 63,231 | 79.9% | James Cox (D) | 11,853 | 15.0% | 4,038 [+] | 5.1% | 79,122 | 20 | 0.30% |
1916 | 30% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 26,972 | 54.3% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 20,628 | 41.5% | 2,058 [+] | 4.1% | 49,658 | 8 | 0.27% |
1912 | 29% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 18,322 | 38.6% | William Taft* (R) | 17,181 | 36.2% | 11,979 [+] | 25.2% | 47,482 | 13 | 0.32% |
1908 | 36% | William Taft (R) | 33,725 | 61.7% | William J. Bryan (D) | 18,920 | 34.6% | 2,038 [+] | 3.7% | 54,683 | 10 | 0.37% |
1904 | 36% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 37,377 | 70.4% | Alton Parker (D) | 13,609 | 25.6% | 2,131 [+] | 4.0% | 53,117 | 14 | 0.39% |
1900 | 38% | William McKinley* (R) | 35,253 | 63.2% | William J. Bryan (D) | 18,903 | 33.9% | 1,622 [+] | 2.9% | 55,778 | 12 | 0.40% |
2020 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 133,443 | 47.6% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 141,611 | 50.5% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 3,587 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,869 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 280,510 | |||||||||
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2016 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 114,717 | 44.5% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 124,607 | 48.3% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 10,196 | 4.0% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 3,433 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 1,247 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 3,742 | 1.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 257,942 | |||||||||
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2012 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 140,286 | 54.4% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 113,024 | 43.9% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 2,178 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Other | 2,168 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 257,656 | |||||||||
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2008 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 150,481 | 58.5% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 102,439 | 39.8% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,993 | 0.8% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 805 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,623 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 257,341 | |||||||||
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2004 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 121,610 | 46.7% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 135,535 | 52.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 1,728 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 1,433 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 260,306 | |||||||||
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2000 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 103,302 | 45.4% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 111,699 | 49.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 10,403 | 4.6% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 919 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,340 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 227,663 | |||||||||
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1996 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 95,688 | 49.1% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 67,942 | 34.9% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 26,675 | 13.7% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 2,524 | 1.3% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 605 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,253 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 194,687 | |||||||||
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1992 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 96,368 | 42.8% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 76,329 | 33.9% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 51,352 | 22.8% | ||||||||
Other | 1,367 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 225,416 | |||||||||
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1988 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 91,360 | 47.7% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 98,743 | 51.5% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 519 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 942 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 191,564 | |||||||||
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1984 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 107,210 | 54.9% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 86,641 | 44.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,346 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 195,197 | |||||||||
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1980 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 99,432 | 49.0% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 85,675 | 42.2% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 13,544 | 6.7% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 2,831 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,309 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 202,791 | |||||||||
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1976 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 90,725 | 48.7% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 91,691 | 49.2% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 2,598 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Other | 1,161 | 0.6% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 186,175 | |||||||||
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1972 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 92,629 | 57.8% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 64,469 | 40.2% | ||||||||
John Schmitz (Amer) | 2,740 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Other | 422 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 160,260 | |||||||||
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1968 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 75,905 | 51.4% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 61,150 | 41.4% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 10,500 | 7.1% | ||||||||
Other | 217 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 147,772 | |||||||||
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1964 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 89,197 | 60.6% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 57,757 | 39.2% | ||||||||
Other | 212 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 147,166 | |||||||||
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1960 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 71,458 | 45.4% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 85,880 | 54.5% | ||||||||
Other | 212 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 157,550 | |||||||||
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1956 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 85,018 | 59.6% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 57,118 | 40.1% | ||||||||
Other | 438 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 142,574 | |||||||||
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1952 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 96,323 | 63.6% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 54,760 | 36.2% | ||||||||
Other | 378 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 151,461 | |||||||||
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1948 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 64,714 | 53.0% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 55,578 | 45.5% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 1,354 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 520 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 122,166 | |||||||||
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1944 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 57,884 | 45.2% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 69,639 | 54.3% | ||||||||
Other | 632 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 128,155 | |||||||||
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1940 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 65,420 | 45.3% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 77,767 | 53.9% | ||||||||
Other | 1,124 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 144,311 | |||||||||
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1936 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 74,862 | 58.9% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 45,891 | 36.1% | ||||||||
William Lemke (Union) | 5,780 | 4.5% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 376 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 243 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 127,152 | |||||||||
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1932 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 69,027 | 61.4% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 41,562 | 36.9% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 1,291 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 602 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 112,482 | |||||||||
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1928 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 69,020 | 61.8% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 41,934 | 37.5% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 348 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 471 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 111,773 | |||||||||
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1924 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 36,801 | 37.3% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 5,864 | 5.9% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 55,269 | 56.0% | ||||||||
Other | 831 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 98,765 | |||||||||
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1920 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 63,231 | 79.9% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 11,853 | 15.0% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 2,333 | 2.9% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 1,529 | 1.9% | ||||||||
Other | 176 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 79,122 | |||||||||
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1916 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 20,628 | 41.5% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 26,972 | 54.3% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 1,123 | 2.3% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 893 | 1.8% | ||||||||
Other | 42 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 49,658 | |||||||||
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1912 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 18,322 | 38.6% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 9,059 | 19.1% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 17,181 | 36.2% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,619 | 3.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 1,077 | 2.3% | ||||||||
Other | 224 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 47,482 | |||||||||
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1908 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 33,725 | 61.7% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 18,920 | 34.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 748 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 1,274 | 2.3% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 9 | 0.0% | ||||||||
Other | 7 | 0.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 54,683 | |||||||||
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1904 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 37,377 | 70.4% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 13,609 | 25.6% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 544 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 868 | 1.6% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 111 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 608 | 1.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 53,117 | |||||||||
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1900 President, La Crosse-Eau Claire, WI-MN Market Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 35,253 | 63.2% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 18,903 | 33.9% | ||||||||
John Woolley (Proh) | 1,352 | 2.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 171 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 99 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 55,778 | |||||||||
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