Washburn, IA is a small rural town in the Midwestern United States. The local government is made up of a mayor and city council, who are responsible for setting the city's laws and policies. As part of their duties, they appoint members to various boards and commissions that oversee different aspects of the community. Local elections are held every two years, with residents voting for candidates running for offices such as mayor or council member. The current mayor is John Smith and there are five members on the city council who serve 4-year terms. Many residents take part in the political process by attending council meetings, registering to vote, and helping out with campaigns and initiatives during election season. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved in other ways such as volunteering on committees or working with local charities or organizations. Washburn's local politics strive to ensure that everyone has a voice in their community, while continuing to support economic growth and sustainability for all citizens.
The political climate in Washburn, IA is somewhat 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
Washburn, IA is somewhat 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.
Washburn, 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 Washburn, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 291 contributions totaling $12,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $15,578 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)