Walcott, IA is a small town located in Scott County and has an estimated population of 860 people. The town is governed by a mayor-council system, with the current mayor being David Kock. The City Council consists of 5 members who are elected by the citizens of Walcott every 4 years. Community members have the opportunity to meet with their representatives and city officials throughout the year to discuss local issues and make sure that their voices are heard. In addition to the services provided by local government, there are also state representatives who serve as liaisons between residents and state agencies. These representatives work hard to ensure that all community needs are met, from education funding to public safety measures. Each election cycle, local residents have the chance to choose their political candidates who will represent them in decisions that affect their everyday lives.
The political climate in Zip 52773 (Walcott, 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 52773 (Walcott, IA) is leaning conservative.
Walcott, 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.
Walcott, 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 52773 (Walcott)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $5,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)