Denver, IA is a small town in Iowa with a population of approximately 1,500 people. The local politics are focused on the Town Council and Mayor who govern the day-to-day operations of the city. The Mayor is responsible for enforcing laws, setting budgets and policies, and ensuring that the town remains a safe place to live and work. The Town Council is composed of five members elected by residents of Denver every two years and serves as an advisory board to the Mayor. In addition to their roles as representatives of the city's citizens, each member takes on specific responsibilities such as maintaining public safety or overseeing parks and recreation. Recently, some changes have been made to provide greater transparency in Denver’s political process including providing more information online about important issues facing the city. Local political candidates running for office in Denver will need to demonstrate their qualifications and commitment to the town's citizens in order to be successful in their campaigns.
The political climate in Denver, IA is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Bremer County, IA 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bremer county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Bremer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Denver, IA is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 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.
Denver, Iowa: r r 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 Denver, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $2,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $5,054 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)