La Porte City, Iowa is a small city located in Black Hawk County. It is home to a vibrant community of around 2,000 people. Politically, the city leans towards the Democratic side of the aisle with many residents advocating for progressive causes and candidates. The city council consists of seven members who are elected on a nonpartisan basis every two years. Many local organizations and initiatives are actively working to get their preferred candidates into office and advocate for the betterment of La Porte City's citizens. In recent years, they have worked to ensure that taxes remain low and investment opportunities are plentiful. Additionally, many environmental projects have been proposed in an effort to reduce emissions and protect local water sources. With so much focus on progressive policies and socially responsible governance, La Porte City is well-positioned to continue its growth in the coming years.
The political climate in La Porte City, 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
La Porte City, 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.
La Porte City, 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 La Porte City, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $3,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)