Elk Run Heights is a small community in Iowa that is home to a diverse population. With a strong emphasis on family values, the city strives to provide its citizens with a safe and secure environment. The city holds elections every two years for the Mayor and City Council positions, which are held by local residents of Elk Run Heights. These elected officials work together to ensure that their constituents have access to quality services and resources. They also strive to foster cooperation between the government and businesses within the community in order to help create jobs and improve infrastructure. Furthermore, they strive for sustainable economic development while maintaining their commitment to protecting the environment and wildlife.
The political climate in Elk Run Heights, IA is leaning conservative.
Black Hawk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Black Hawk County, IA 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Black Hawk county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.5%.
Black Hawk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elk Run Heights, IA is leaning conservative.
Black Hawk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
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.
Elk Run Heights, 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 Elk Run Heights, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 994 contributions totaling $49,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $21,448 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)