Berkley, Iowa is a small town located in the rural Midwest. Despite its small size, the politics of the community are important and affect all aspects of life in the area. The local government consists of an elected mayor and city council that is responsible for making decisions on behalf of their constituents. Additionally, the town has many interest groups such as business organizations, civic associations, and religious groups, who regularly engage in dialogue with local leaders to voice their views on current issues. Politics in Berkley is often driven by values such as economic development, environmental protection, and social responsibility, which can be seen throughout various policy decisions made by the city council. Overall, the politics in Berkley are closely followed and highly influential on life within the town.
The political climate in Berkley, IA is moderately conservative.
Boone County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Boone County, IA 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.1%.
Boone county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Berkley, IA is moderately conservative.
Boone County, Iowa is somewhat 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.
Berkley, Iowa: d d d d 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 Berkley, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 628 contributions totaling $38,386 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $28,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)