Webster, IA County is a rural county located in the south of Iowa. It is politically conservative, with most residents voting for the Republican Party in recent elections. The county is governed by a five-member board of supervisors, who are elected to four-year staggered terms. In addition, there are several local offices held by elected officials including sheriff, treasurer, auditor and clerk of court. The county also has an active political culture where citizens can engage in local politics through voting, attending public meetings or running for office themselves. There are a few candidates running for local office this year who have been campaigning heavily in the area and engaging with citizens about their platforms. Webster County residents look forward to making their voices heard at the polls this November.
The political climate in Webster County, IA is strongly conservative.
In Webster County, IA 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.1%.
Webster county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Webster County, IA is strongly conservative.
Fort Dodge Metro Area 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.
Webster, Iowa: d d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Webster County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 304 contributions totaling $21,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 671 contributions totaling $108,199 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)