Fruitland, IA is a small rural town with a population of approximately 5,000 people. It is politically conservative and has been for many years. The city council is responsible for making decisions on local issues such as taxation and development regulations. Local elections are held every two years and the mayor, three council members, and City Clerk are all voted on each cycle. The current Mayor is Bob Johnson who was elected in 2018. He is running again in 2020 to continue his service to the community. There are several candidates currently vying for the office of mayor including Alice Brown, Deborah Jones, and Tom White. All three have different visions for the future of Fruitland and each has their own agenda that they hope to bring to fruition if elected to office. The citizens of Fruitland will ultimately decide who will be their leader for the next two years when they go to the polls this November.
The political climate in Fruitland, IA is moderately conservative.
Muscatine County, IA is leaning conservative. In Muscatine County, IA 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muscatine county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.3%.
Muscatine county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fruitland, IA is moderately conservative.
Muscatine County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Muscatine Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fruitland, Iowa: d d 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 Fruitland, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 711 contributions totaling $103,584 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 493 contributions totaling $221,562 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)