Clear Lake, Iowa is a small town located in Cerro Gordo County. With just over 7,000 people, it is a tight-knit community with a rich history and thriving spirit. The politics of Clear Lake are well represented by its local government. City Council members are elected to serve the community and make decisions that will have an impact on everyone living in the area. Local elections take place every two years and the citizens of Clear Lake are encouraged to participate in the process to ensure their voices are heard. The city also works closely with other regional municipalities to create cohesive policies while still allowing each individual city to keep their unique identities intact. Clear Lake strives to maintain open dialogue between all its residents when it comes to political matters, making sure everyone’s opinions and perspectives are taken into account for any decisions made that affect the entire community.
The political climate in Clear Lake, IA is leaning conservative.
Cerro Gordo County, IA is leaning conservative. In Cerro Gordo County, IA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cerro Gordo county remained moderately Republican, 52.3% to 46.0%.
Cerro Gordo county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clear Lake, IA is leaning conservative.
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Mason City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Clear Lake, Iowa: D d D D 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 Clear Lake, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $10,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $144,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $696 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)