Danbury, IA is a small town located in western Iowa with a population of about 1,500 people. The town is known for its strong sense of community and its many locally-owned businesses. When it comes to politics, Danbury is represented in the Iowa House of Representatives by Republican Brad Birt. In the Iowa Senate, Democrat Joe Bolkcom represents the city and its residents. The mayor of Danbury is William “Bill” Blomstedt, who was elected in 2020 after serving as a councilman for three years. All members of the City Council are elected using nonpartisan elections every four years. Danbury also participates in county-wide elections for Sheriff and County Supervisor every four years. Due to its political leanings, Danbury often votes red during presidential elections but often leans blue during more local races such as those for state representatives and senators.
The political climate in Danbury, IA is moderately conservative.
Woodbury County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Woodbury County, IA 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Woodbury county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.2%.
Woodbury county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Danbury, IA is moderately conservative.
Woodbury County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Sioux City Metro Area 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.
Danbury, Iowa: r r r 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 Danbury, 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 9 contributions totaling $1,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)