Bettendorf, Iowa is a small city located in Scott County and is home to more than 35,000 people. It is governed by a 5-member City Council, which is currently headed by Mayor Roby McAllen. The City Council focuses on providing the citizens of Bettendorf with quality services and infrastructure that meet the needs of the community. They also work hard to ensure that the city's finances are managed responsibly. Every two years, local political candidates run for City Council positions and mayor in order to represent their constituency in governing the city. These candidates bring their own unique perspectives and ideas to the table for how they would like to make Bettendorf an even better place to live. Through selecting representatives that truly understand their constituents' problems and concerns, Bettendorf can continue to grow and provide its citizens with quality services and infrastructure for many years to come.
The political climate in Bettendorf, IA is leaning conservative.
Scott County, IA is leaning liberal. In Scott County, IA 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 47.2%.
Scott county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bettendorf, IA is leaning conservative.
Scott County, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Iowa is leaning conservative.
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.
Bettendorf, Iowa: 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 Bettendorf, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,977 contributions totaling $353,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,004 contributions totaling $549,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $547 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)