Park View, IA is a small town with a population of about 2,500 people. Despite its size, Park View is an active and involved community when it comes to politics. Every election cycle, local candidates put forth their ideas and platforms for the betterment of the town. Community members come together to discuss the issues that are important to them in order to make informed decisions. The residents of Park View take pride in their local politicians and hold them accountable for their actions and words. Local elections bring out a sense of pride in the town as everyone works together to ensure that the right representatives are elected.
The political climate in Park View, IA is leaning conservative.
Scott County, IA is leaning liberal. In Scott County, IA 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 47.2%.
Scott county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Park View, IA is leaning conservative.
Scott County, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Park View, 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 Park View, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $3,966 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $11,242 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)