Webster City, IA is a small city located in the north-central region of Iowa. The city has a population of approximately 8,116 people and is governed by a mayor and city council. The mayor is elected to serve for two years at a time and the city council consists of eight members who are elected from four wards. Each year, residents have the opportunity to cast their vote for candidates running for local political office. Local elections typically feature candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties as well as independent candidates. In recent years, Webster City has seen an increase in voter participation due to local campaigns that focus on issues such as education, public safety, economic development, and environmental protection initiatives.
The political climate in Webster City, IA is moderately conservative.
Hamilton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Hamilton County, IA 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.8%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Webster City, IA is moderately conservative.
Hamilton County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Webster City, Iowa: r r 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 Webster City, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $17,647 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $55,008 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $529 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)