Williamson, IA is a small town in Iowa with a population of just under 500 people. Despite its small size, the town still has an active local politics scene. Several local organizations are dedicated to promoting the ideas and values of the Williamson community. Local political candidates running for office in Williamson typically focus on topics such as economic development, public safety, and infrastructure investments. Williamson is also home to a number of diverse cultural and religious organizations that regularly host events to bring the community together. These events give residents an opportunity to learn more about their local government representatives and discuss current issues that affect the town's residents. Local elections often turn out larger numbers than other towns of similar size due to these efforts. Overall, Williamson's political landscape is vibrant and offers citizens an important channel for making their voices heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Williamson, IA is strongly conservative.
Lucas County, IA is very conservative. In Lucas County, IA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lucas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 27.7%.
Lucas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williamson, IA is strongly conservative.
Lucas County, Iowa is very 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.
Williamson, Iowa: r R r 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 Williamson, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $1,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $7,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)