Scott, IA County is a diverse area with many different political views. Political candidates in the area typically come from local backgrounds and focus on issues that affect the community, such as infrastructure investments, environmental clean-up efforts, and economic revitalization. Local elections often feature several candidates from both major parties to provide residents with a variety of potential solutions and ideas to consider. The people who live in Scott, IA County take part in lively debates involving both sides of the political spectrum, which creates an informed electorate that is ready to make decisions on who will best serve their interests.
The political climate in 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
Scott County, IA 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.
Scott, 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 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 Scott County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,464 contributions totaling $539,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,832 contributions totaling $732,002 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)