Mills, IA County is located in the central part of the state and has a long history of civic involvement and local politics. The county has a strong tradition of encouraging active participation in government through elections, public forums, and other means. Residents have access to many elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels of government. These representatives are responsible for creating laws that affect the people in Mills County. The government works to ensure that all citizens have their voices heard on important policy decisions which can shape the future of the county and its residents. Through active participation in local politics, residents can help determine how their community grows and develops over time.
The political climate in Mills County, IA is very conservative.
In Mills County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mills county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.3%.
Mills county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mills County, IA is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning 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.
Mills, 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 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 Mills County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $18,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $38,936 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)