The small town of Peterson, IA is blessed to have a local government that takes great care of its citizens. The elected officials in the community are actively engaged in making sure the legislative processes run smoothly and that the needs of the people are being met. They strive to ensure that the people of Peterson can continue to live their lives with peace and security while also creating an environment conducive to economic growth and prosperity. The leaders in this community are committed to listening to the voices of their constituents and doing what is best for them in order to ensure a brighter future.
The political climate in Peterson, IA is very conservative.
Clay County, IA is very conservative. In Clay County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.7%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Peterson, IA is very conservative.
Clay County, Iowa is very conservative.
Spencer Metro Area is very 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.
Peterson, Iowa: r R r R 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Peterson, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)