The politics in Eldridge, Iowa are largely driven by the local community. Residents actively participate in the political process and strive to make their voices heard. Political candidates have often held town hall meetings and other forums to better understand community needs and ideas. The City Council works to bring the best possible solutions and services to its citizens and visitors, while balancing fiscal responsibility with quality of life issues. As a result, Eldridge's government is highly responsive to the citizens' opinions and needs. In addition, local civic organizations such as churches, schools, businesses, clubs, charities, and volunteer groups often work together for the betterment of Eldridge. Together these entities create a strong foundation that works to sustain the city's high standards of living while respecting its diversity and history.
The political climate in Eldridge, IA is leaning 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
Eldridge, IA is leaning 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.
Eldridge, 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 Eldridge, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 400 contributions totaling $44,929 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $77,309 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)