Bloomfield, IA is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. Despite its size, Bloomfield takes politics seriously and has a vibrant political atmosphere. The town has both Democratic and Republican parties represented by elected officials from both sides. During election season, candidates from both sides come to the town to speak with citizens, host rallies, and engage with the community. Both local and national issues are debated passionately by residents during these events. Additionally, local newspapers provide constant coverage of political developments in Bloomfield and surrounding areas. Despite its size Bloomfield clearly demonstrates that it takes politics seriously and is engaged in keeping up with current events and developments both nationally and locally.
The political climate in Bloomfield, IA is strongly conservative.
Davis County, IA is very conservative. In Davis County, IA 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Davis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.7%.
Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bloomfield, IA is strongly conservative.
Davis County, Iowa is very conservative.
Ottumwa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Bloomfield, 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 Bloomfield, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $2,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $6,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)