Waterloo, IA is the county seat of Black Hawk County. It is a small city of 68,406 people as of 2019 and is located in the northeastern corner of Iowa. The city has seen many improvements and developments over the years including a new library, expanded lakefront area, and more downtown businesses. Politically Waterloo has been represented by State Senator Bill Dotzler since 2003 and Representative Dave Williams since 2017. Both are Democrats who are dedicated to supporting their constituents in Waterloo while representing their party’s values at the state level. Additionally, Black Hawk County is also governed by several local officials such as Supervisor Tom Little and County Attorney Brian Williams. These individuals work hard to ensure that all citizens in Waterloo have access to materials and services that will help them grow both professionally and personally.
The political climate in Zip 50702 (Waterloo, IA) is leaning liberal.
Black Hawk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Black Hawk County, IA 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Black Hawk county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.5%.
Black Hawk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50702 (Waterloo, IA) is leaning liberal.
Waterloo, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Black Hawk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls 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.
Waterloo, 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 50702 (Waterloo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 291 contributions totaling $12,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $15,578 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)