The city of Le Claire, IA is a small town located on the Mississippi River with a population of 4,765 according to the 2010 census. While it has close ties to its larger neighbor Davenport, IA, Le Claire prides itself on its unique local government and politics. The local government is composed of an elected mayor and five members of the city council who work together to ensure the needs of the community are met. Residents have the opportunity to engage in the local political process by voting for their preferred mayor and city council candidates during elections held every two years. The mayor serves as a figurehead for Le Claire while also possessing executive powers and tasks such as introducing legislation, coordinating administrative operations, and setting local policies. Council members serve in advisory roles, approving legislative initiatives proposed by the mayor or recommending changes or amendments. Through their elected representatives, residents influence what happens in their community and how resources are allocated.
The political climate in Le Claire, IA is leaning conservative.
Scott County, IA is leaning liberal. In Scott County, IA 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained Democratic, 50.7% to 47.2%.
Scott county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Le Claire, IA is leaning conservative.
Scott County, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Le Claire, 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 Le Claire, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,854 contributions totaling $248,484 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 834 contributions totaling $512,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $615 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)