Coalville, IA is a small town located in the rural Midwest. It has a close-knit community and a strong sense of local pride. Politics in Coalville are generally conservative, with the majority of residents supporting candidates from both major parties. However, there is a broad range of political opinion within Coalville, with some independently-minded people choosing to vote for candidates outside of the two main parties. The small size of the town means that politics are often discussed at informal gatherings such as family dinners or barbecues. This allows locals to voice their opinions on current political issues and get a better understanding of everyone’s perspectives on the matter. Candidates running for local office tend to focus on issues that directly affect the lives of Coalville residents such as infrastructure improvements or job creation opportunities. During election season, the streets are often filled with vibrant campaign posters and signs reminding residents to cast their ballots come Election Day.
The political climate in Coalville, IA is moderately conservative.
Webster County, IA is strongly conservative. In Webster County, IA 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.1%.
Webster county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coalville, IA is moderately conservative.
Webster County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Fort Dodge Metro Area is strongly 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.
Coalville, 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 Coalville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 274 contributions totaling $20,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 558 contributions totaling $98,997 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)