The city of Ashton, IA is a vibrant and diverse community with many political issues that are important to its residents. The major areas of concern include education, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, and social justice. Local leaders have worked hard to ensure that these issues are addressed in an equitable and effective manner. Over the past few years, the city council has taken steps to improve local infrastructure by investing in new roads and businesses as well as making sure that the public is kept safe from crime. There has also been a focus on improving educational opportunities for students in the city. Furthermore, economic development plans have been created to create jobs and stimulate growth in the city. Finally, local leaders have made strides towards achieving social justice initiatives including addressing disparities in housing and wages for low-income households. All of these topics have been hotly debated among local political candidates as they strive to make Ashton a better place for everyone to live and work.
The political climate in Ashton, IA is very conservative.
Osceola County, IA is very conservative. In Osceola County, IA 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.1%.
Osceola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashton, IA is very conservative.
Osceola County, Iowa 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.
Ashton, 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 Ashton, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)