Buffalo, Iowa is a small rural town located in northeastern Iowa. It is populated by roughly 800 people and is home to many friendly faces. The town is governed by a mayor-council system, with the mayor responsible for representing the citizens of Buffalo and their interests in local politics. Local political candidates run for office each year and are chosen in elections held within the city limits. These candidates bring forth their own ideas and plans to improve Buffalo both socially and economically. Issues such as infrastructure development, job growth, education, public safety, and environmental protection are all on the minds of the local government as they work together to ensure a better future for Buffalo's citizens. As such, it is crucial that residents remain informed about who their local political candidates are so that they can make an educated decision when voting during election seasons.
The political climate in Buffalo, IA is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, IA is leaning liberal. In Scott County, IA 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 47.2%.
Scott county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buffalo, IA is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area is leaning 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.
Buffalo, 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 Buffalo, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,310 contributions totaling $94,657 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $29,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)