Huxley, IA is a small town with a population of around 4,500 people. It has a local government that is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations in the town and making decisions on issues such as infrastructure, public safety, and other municipal matters. The current mayor of Huxley is Derek Yates who was elected in 2016. He is served by a five-member city council which consists of community members who are elected to represent various interests within the city. With an engaged citizenry and strong leadership from the mayor, Huxley has been able to make many improvements in recent years and continues to be an attractive destination for people looking to settle down in a peaceful community.
The political climate in Huxley, IA is leaning conservative.
Story County, IA is moderately liberal. In Story County, IA 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Story county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 39.9%.
Story county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Huxley, IA is leaning conservative.
Story County, Iowa is moderately liberal.
Ames Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Huxley, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 Huxley, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 495 contributions totaling $85,305 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $26,312 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)