Williamsburg, IA is a small town located in Iowa with a population of approximately 3,000 people. The politics of Williamsburg are largely guided by the Democratic and Republican parties, as these two dominate the political landscape locally. This is largely due to the conservative views held by many residents, especially those who have lived in Williamsburg for generations. For federal elections, most residents typically vote for the Republican candidate while in local elections individuals will often consider both Democratic and Republican candidates depending on their views and values. Local politicians work to ensure that the needs of the citizens of Williamsburg are being met through promoting economic development, creating safe neighborhoods, and improving public amenities such as parks and schools.
The political climate in Williamsburg, IA is moderately conservative.
Iowa County, IA is strongly conservative. In Iowa County, IA 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iowa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 36.4%.
Iowa county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williamsburg, IA is moderately conservative.
Iowa 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.
Williamsburg, Iowa: r r d r 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 Williamsburg, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 156 contributions totaling $4,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $191,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)