Bridgewater, IA is a small town of about 700 people located in the heart of Iowa. The city is served by a mayor and four council members who make up the local government. The city operates like any other in the nation with a focus on ensuring the safety and wellbeing of its citizens as well as providing basic services such as water, sewer, trash collection, police and fire protection. Every two years, local residents go to the polls to elect new representatives to serve on the council. During this election process, citizens have a say in who represents them on important issues such as taxes, zoning laws and other matters that affect their daily lives. Bridgewater has always been dedicated to keeping its politics open and transparent with frequent public meetings where citizens can voice their opinions and be heard.
The political climate in Bridgewater, IA is very conservative.
Adair County, IA is very conservative. In Adair County, IA 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.7%.
Adair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bridgewater, IA is very conservative.
Adair 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.
Bridgewater, 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 Bridgewater, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)