Fontanelle, IA is a small town with a population of around 1,800 people. The local politics are managed by the Fontanelle City Council, comprised of 7 members who are elected to four-year terms. Elections for council positions take place every two years in November. The Mayor of Fontanelle is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for overseeing all City departments, managing city projects, and representing the citizens of Fontanelle on matters that require further action or attention. All local political candidates must be registered residents of Fontanelle in order to run for office and must file an Affidavit of Candidacy prior to the election in order to be eligible. In recent elections, there has been a great amount of citizen involvement as many people express their desire for change within the community and strive to bring about a better future for their families and neighbors.
The political climate in Fontanelle, IA is strongly conservative.
Adair County, IA is very conservative. In Adair County, IA 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.7%.
Adair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fontanelle, IA is strongly conservative.
Adair 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.
Fontanelle, Iowa: R R r 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 Fontanelle, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)