Davenport, IA is a city that is full of history and diverse culture. It has a strong economy and vibrant social life, making it an attractive place to live. Politically, Davenport leans Democratic with the Democratic Party holding most of the local offices and many members of the state legislature from Davenport's district. With many different issues like health care reform, gun control, and economic development taking center stage in local politics, there are several active candidates running for office at all levels of government. Among them are incumbents Mayor Frank Klipsch and Alderwoman Rita Rawson-Bell who have held office since 2015. Additionally, several newcomers like JP Claesen and Corrine Norrington have stepped up to challenge incumbents for their positions in city government. Regardless of which party they belong to or their individual stances on various issues, all candidates are invested in improving the quality of life in Davenport by creating policies that benefit the citizens living here.
The political climate in Davenport, IA is leaning liberal.
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
Davenport, IA is leaning liberal.
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.
Davenport, 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 Davenport, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,875 contributions totaling $233,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 820 contributions totaling $183,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)