Carson, IA is a small town in Iowa with a population of around 2,400 people. It is a friendly and welcoming community with great schools and local businesses. The town is quite politically engaged and there are numerous local political candidates running in upcoming elections. Residents take their civic responsibilities seriously and actively participate in the political process by voting in every election and attending public forums to voice their opinions on important issues. The city council consists of representatives from all political parties who work together to create sound policies for the residents of Carson. They also coordinate with state representatives to ensure that the needs of their constituents are being met. All in all, living in Carson means being part of an engaged community that takes its politics seriously and works hard to protect the interests of everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in Carson, IA is moderately conservative.
Pottawattamie County, IA is moderately conservative. In Pottawattamie County, IA 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pottawattamie county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Pottawattamie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carson, IA is moderately conservative.
Pottawattamie County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Carson, 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 Carson, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $2,957 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)