Bettendorf, Iowa is a city located in Scott County and is home to a population of over 44,000 people. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government that consists of six council members, a mayor, police chief and other department heads. The current mayor of Bettendorf is Bob Gallagher who has been in office since 2011. He has introduced many initiatives to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Bettendorf including green initiatives and infrastructure projects. The council members focus on maintaining fiscal responsibility while continuing to invest in targeted areas such as public transportation systems throughout the city. All of these efforts have resulted in improved public safety, better roads and more efficient water usage. Bettendorf also has a strong civic presence with many local organizations working together to make their community better and safer for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 52722 (Bettendorf, IA) is leaning conservative.
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
Zip 52722 (Bettendorf, IA) is leaning conservative.
Bettendorf, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Scott County, Iowa 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.
Bettendorf, 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 zip 52722 (Bettendorf)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,449 contributions totaling $191,671 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 764 contributions totaling $501,604 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $657 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)