Fort Dodge, Iowa is a city located in Webster County and has a population of 25,206 as of the 2019 census. It is known for being home to the historic Fort Museum and Frontier Village and serves as a regional hub for trade, health care, education, manufacturing, retail, and agriculture. The local government is responsible for ensuring that the needs of its citizens are met through policies that promote sustainable growth and development. In terms of politics, Fort Dodge is represented by Republican Steve King in the United States House of Representatives. At the state level, Representative Gary Worthan serves as the City's Senator in the Iowa Senate while State Representative Michael Sexton represents Fort Dodge in the Iowa House of Representatives. As well as local representatives from both parties, residents have access to numerous political organizations such as the League of Women Voters and Young Democrats & Republicans to help educate themselves on current issues.
The political climate in Fort Dodge, IA is somewhat 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
Fort Dodge, IA is somewhat 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.
Fort Dodge, 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 Fort Dodge, 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)