Walcott, IA is a small rural community in Iowa with a population around 900 people. The city is served by the Walcott City Council, which consists of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The current mayor of Walcott is Burt Egan, and the council members are Jody Kramer, Jamie Hills, David White, Donald Johnson and Dave Adams. Each council member is responsible for their respective ward within the city and they work together to ensure that all citizens’ needs are met and that their communities remain safe and prosperous. The City Council meets regularly to discuss current issues and make decisions about the future of the town. They also conduct public hearings on various topics such as zoning changes or budgeting decisions. The residents of Walcott have an active voice in local government and often attend meetings to voice their opinions and concerns about important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Walcott, 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
Walcott, 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.
Walcott, 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 Walcott, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $3,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $20,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)