Benton, IA is located within the state of Iowa and has a local government that is responsible for governing all of its citizens. The mayor of Benton is Gary Stubbs and the city council members are Katrina Hawley, Kendra Anderson, Tyler Hutchinson, Wendy Schwartz, and Tristan Versteeg. The city's leadership works to ensure the safety and wellbeing of its citizens by providing access to essential services like police and fire protection as well as sanitation, infrastructure maintenance, and public works. They also strive to maintain a positive tax base while still providing needed services to its residents. Furthermore, they are always looking for new ways to improve the quality of life in Benton for its citizens through initiatives such as economic development projects, public health programs, and environmental protection efforts. All in all, Benton's local government does their best to make sure that everyone living in Benton can enjoy a safe and prosperous lifestyle.
The political climate in Benton, IA is very conservative.
Ringgold County, IA is very conservative. In Ringgold County, IA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ringgold county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 26.1%.
Ringgold county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benton, IA is very conservative.
Ringgold 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.
Benton, 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 Benton, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)