Fenton, Iowa is a small town in the northwest corner of the state. Although it has a small population, it still plays an important role in local politics. Every two years, Fenton residents have the opportunity to elect representatives to their city council and mayor. The current mayor is John Smith who was elected in 2019, and he leads the city council which consists of five members: Tim Anderson, Steve Johnson, Mary Jones, Joe Smith and Kate Williams. Together they strive to serve the citizens of Fenton by working hard to maintain infrastructure projects and promote events that contribute to Fenton’s vitality. They also work with local businesses and organizations in order to improve conditions for everyone living in Fenton. By doing so, they ensure that all residents have adequate access to essential services such as healthcare and education. Through its elected officials, Fenton strives to provide its citizens with an ideal home by creating a safe environment for its people and encouraging participation in local government decisions.
The political climate in Fenton, IA is strongly conservative.
Kossuth County, IA is very conservative. In Kossuth County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kossuth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.7%.
Kossuth county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fenton, IA is strongly conservative.
Kossuth County, Iowa is very 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.
Fenton, Iowa: r r d R 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 Fenton, 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 4 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)