Slater, Iowa is a small town with a population of around 1,500 people. It is located in the central part of the state and has an agricultural focus. The local politics in Slater consist of various issues that affect its residents. Local elections are held every four years, and the elected officials represent the interests and needs of Slater's citizens. There are many local political candidates running for office each year, all of them striving to bring change to the city and advocating for their chosen agendas. The topics discussed during election cycles range from infrastructure improvements to education reform and economic development initiatives. Regardless of who wins the election cycle, it is important that all sides come together to ensure that Slater remains prosperous and continues to be a desirable place to live.
The political climate in Slater, IA is leaning liberal.
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
Slater, IA is leaning liberal.
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.
Slater, 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 Slater, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)