Hawarden, IA is a small town located in Northwest Iowa. The town is represented by the local government, which consists of an elected mayor and city council. The Hawarden City Council works to ensure the safety and quality of life for the citizens of Hawarden. They are responsible for setting budgetary priorities, addressing local issues, and working with state legislators to represent their constituents’ interests. Additionally, the City Council holds regular public meetings to discuss current concerns and receive input from members of the community. With a population of slightly over two thousand people, it is clear that Hawarden takes pride in its local politics and strives to better serve its citizens through its political representatives.
The political climate in Hawarden, IA is strongly conservative.
Sioux County, IA is very conservative. In Sioux County, IA 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sioux county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Sioux county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hawarden, IA is strongly conservative.
Sioux 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.
Hawarden, 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 Hawarden, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $3,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $16,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)