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Best of the Chippewa Valley 2025: By the Numbers
6 Feb 2025
News, Eau Claire
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.
165,203
Total number of votes cast in the Best of the Chippewa Valley Reader Poll, which ran online Nov. 19 to Dec. 10.
16,814
Total number of people who voted in this year’s poll. That’s 2,000 more than the total number of people who live in Chippewa Falls.
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