Waterville, IA is a small rural community that is proud of its local history and traditions. The citizens of Waterville are passionate about their politics and take pride in electing strong leaders to represent them. With elections taking place every year, the people of Waterville have the opportunity to make their voices heard when it comes to picking who will be in charge of running the town. The town has seen many different candidates run for office over the years and each election brings an exciting new set of potential representatives for Waterville. No matter who wins, however, the citizens remain dedicated to achieving a better future for their hometown and ensuring that its values are upheld. The political climate in Waterville is friendly yet passionate, with many residents engaging with one another on key issues in order to move their community forward.
The political climate in Waterville, IA is strongly conservative.
Allamakee County, IA is strongly conservative. In Allamakee County, IA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allamakee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
Allamakee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waterville, IA is strongly conservative.
Allamakee County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
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.
Waterville, Iowa: r r D d R R
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 Waterville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)