The Clinton, Iowa Metro Area is a bustling and vibrant area that has a lot of political presence. On the local level, there are numerous elected officials who work to ensure that the needs of citizens are met and that laws are faithfully enforced. These local officials include Mayor Mark Vulich, City Council Members Jeffery Williams, Rachel Klein, Tammy Chisholm, Steve Laubenstein and Frank Mazzola as well as other representatives from city departments. These officials strive to ensure that the local populace is represented in the various decisions made by the city council and executive board. In addition to these elected representatives, the metro area also hosts several political parties with active memberships including Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents and Greens. Political events such as rallies and debates held in the metro area often draw large crowds from all parts of Iowa as well as out-of-state visitors due to their strong reputation for being informative and engaging.
The political climate in Clinton Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Clinton Metro Area 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Clinton metro area remained strongly Republican, 54.1% to 43.8%.
The Clinton metro area voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previ.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clinton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Clinton, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Clinton Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,036 contributions totaling $53,904 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 623 contributions totaling $89,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)