Crescent, IA is a small city located in Iowa with a population of approximately 3,000 people. The local political scene is quite active in the town, as evidenced by the presence of various civic and community organizations dedicated to advocating for issues that affect the city's residents. These include organizations such as the Crescent Women’s Club, which strive to help women in the community through advocacy and education; the Chamber of Commerce, which works to improve economic development within the city; and the City Council, which makes decisions about zoning laws and other issues affecting Crescent residents. The city also holds elections for mayor every two years as well as for four at-large council members and representatives from each of its five wards. Candidates in these races are typically chosen by their party affiliations or through petitions submitted by individual citizens. Overall, politics in Crescent is an integral part of life here and many residents take part in the process by voting and volunteering on campaigns during election season.
The political climate in Crescent, IA is moderately conservative.
Pottawattamie County, IA is moderately conservative. In Pottawattamie County, IA 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pottawattamie county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Pottawattamie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crescent, IA is moderately conservative.
Pottawattamie County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Crescent, Iowa: R R r r R R
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 Crescent, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $2,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $2,406 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)