Newhall, IA is a small city located in the Midwestern United States. Its politics are mainly focused on local issues, such as improving infrastructure, maintaining excellent public safety, and providing resources for citizens. There is an active mayoral race currently in process with several qualified candidates running for the position. Each candidate has their own vision and platform to bring to the table and offers residents a wide range of choices to consider when choosing who will represent them in the city government. Issues such as economic development, education, healthcare access, and public transportation are all important topics that will be discussed during this election cycle. Local residents have been engaged in the election process by attending debates and forums hosted by candidates as well as participating in various voter registration drives to ensure all eligible Newhall citizens can cast their ballots come election day.
The political climate in Newhall, IA is strongly conservative.
Benton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Benton County, IA 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 35.2%.
Benton county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newhall, IA is strongly conservative.
Benton County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Cedar Rapids Metro Area is leaning 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.
Newhall, Iowa: d d d 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 Newhall, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)