The politics in the Fort Dodge, IA Metro Area are strongly influenced by local politicians and the decisions they make. At the city level, residents are represented by a mayor and nine city council members, all of whom are elected to four-year terms. These elected officials make decisions relating to budgets, infrastructure improvements, and other matters that directly affect the lives of people living in the area. The state level is represented by four representatives from Iowa’s 4th district in the House of Representatives and two senators in the United States Senate. On a national level, Fort Dodge has one representative in Congress. Regardless of party affiliation or beliefs, these officials strive to work with local citizens to ensure that their voices are heard and their needs met.
The political climate in Fort Dodge Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Fort Dodge Metro Area 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, the Fort Dodge metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.1%.
The Fort Dodge metro area voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previ.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Fort Dodge, 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 Fort Dodge Metro Area
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)