Windsor Heights is a small city of approximately 2,500 people in Polk County, Iowa. The city government consists of a Mayor and four City Council members who are elected by the citizens of Windsor Heights every two years. The city operates on an administrative form of government; the mayor is responsible for setting policy objectives and goals while the City Council acts as a deliberative body to review and pass ordinances that reflect those policy objectives. Residents of Windsor Heights have access to local political candidates running in municipal elections, including their views on issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. Community involvement is highly encouraged in Windsor Heights as there are many opportunities for residents to get involved in local politics through activities such as attending council meetings, voting in elections, or serving on boards and commissions.
The political climate in Windsor Heights, IA is leaning liberal.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Windsor Heights, IA is leaning liberal.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Windsor Heights, 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 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 Windsor Heights, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,664 contributions totaling $240,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 573 contributions totaling $300,546 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $525 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)