Clermont is a small town located in Fayette County, Iowa with a population of around 530 people. It has a strong sense of community and prides itself on providing its citizens with the opportunity to participate in local politics. The local political representation for Clermont includes city council members who are elected by the residents of Clermont every two years. The council is responsible for making decisions regarding the town's budget, public safety, road construction and development, and other important issues that affect the community. In addition to city council members, Clermont also has two representatives that serve on the Fayette County Board of Supervisors and represent the interests of Clermont's citizens on county-wide matters. Local elections are held every two years and provide an opportunity for residents to take part in their government's decision-making process by electing individuals who they think will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 52135 (Clermont, IA) is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, IA is moderately conservative. In Fayette County, IA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52135 (Clermont, IA) is strongly conservative.
Clermont, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
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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.
Clermont, Iowa: r d D D 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 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 52135 (Clermont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $394 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $394 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)