McCausland, IA is a small rural town located in Scott County near the Iowa-Illinois border. The town has historically had a strong conservative leaning when it comes to politics, and although the population tends to lean Republican, there have been some moderate Democrats who have made an impact in recent years. Local elections usually see a wide range of candidates from both sides of the political spectrum competing for office. Most recently, there have been several grassroots efforts to get more progressive candidates on the ballot. Although these efforts haven't seen much success yet, they are slowly gaining traction amongst younger generations in McCausland. Overall, politics in McCausland remain contentious but civil with both sides working to find common ground on issues that affect their community.
The political climate in McCausland, IA is somewhat 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
McCausland, IA is somewhat 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.
McCausland, 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 McCausland, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $1,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $3,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)