The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA Metro Area is home to a vibrant political scene. It is served by numerous local and state elected officials who are dedicated to serving their community. Locally, the City of Davenport, Moline, and Rock Island each have their own city councils that are responsible for enacting policies and regulations within their respective municipalities. At the county level, Scott County serves as the governing body for the area with a 3-member Board of Supervisors overseeing operations. On the state level, Iowa's House of Representatives and Senate provide representation in Des Moines. The Iowa General Assembly enacts laws for the entire state of Iowa that are applicable to all residents in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area. Residents here also have access to national politics through their individual Congressional representatives in Washington DC. Political engagement is encouraged in this region and citizens have many opportunities to get involved in shaping public policy decisions that affect their lives every day.
The political climate in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area remained slightly Democratic, 50.0% to 47.6%.
The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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-Moline-Rock Island, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,982 contributions totaling $1,147,043 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,044 contributions totaling $1,286,986 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)