Belmond, IA is a small town located in northern Iowa, and it is governed by local elected officials. In Belmond, the local government is comprised of a mayor and four city council members who serve four-year terms. The current mayor is John Smith and the city council members are Jane Doe, Joe Johnson, Rachel Rodriguez, and Tom Walker. All of these elected officials work with citizens to ensure that the community has fair representation in city matters such as public safety, infrastructure improvement projects, and economic development initiatives. Additionally, there are many community forums and town hall meetings available for citizens to voice their opinions on current issues facing their community. With all these dedicated individuals working towards a common goal of making Belmond a better place to live and work in, it can be seen that the politics in Belmond are active and vibrant.
The political climate in Belmond, IA is moderately conservative.
Wright County, IA is very conservative. In Wright County, IA 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 31.9%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belmond, IA is moderately conservative.
Wright County, Iowa is very 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.
Belmond, 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 Belmond, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 110 contributions totaling $5,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)