Special Section By The Numbers

Best of the Chippewa Valley 2024: By the Numbers

hundreds of categories, thousands of votes, and lots of people who LOVE breakfast

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Our annual Best of the Chippewa Valley Reader Poll is all about numbers. Here are some of the biggest ones that show how much our readers take part in the poll.


159,560

Total number of votes cast in the Best of the Chippewa Valley Reader Poll, which ran online Nov. 21 to Dec. 8.


15,722

Total number of people who voted in this year’s poll. By comparison, that's more than the total number of people who live in Chippewa Falls.


382

The number of questions in the poll, which range from Best Accountant to Your Favorite Local Elected Official.


7,676

The total number of options available to vote on across those 382 categories.


1,727

Number of votes cast for Best Breakfast Spot, the highest number in response to any question.


69,792

Total number of people who have voted in one or more Best of the Chippewa Valley polls since 2011. This is more than the total number of people in the City of Eau Claire, according to the 2020 Census.


Check out all the Best Of results here!