Fort Atkinson, IA is a small town of around 1,000 people located in northeast Iowa. It is a vibrant and welcoming community that is home to many local businesses and organizations. Despite its size, Fort Atkinson has a strong political presence in the region. Local citizens often take part in municipal elections, with numerous candidates running for positions such as mayor, city council members, school board members, and more. The town also features several non-profit organizations advocating for various causes such as education reform and civic engagement. Residents of Fort Atkinson are highly engaged in their local politics and regularly vote on important issues that affect the community at large.
The political climate in Fort Atkinson, IA is moderately conservative.
Winneshiek County, IA is leaning conservative. In Winneshiek County, IA 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winneshiek county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Winneshiek county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Atkinson, IA is moderately conservative.
Winneshiek County, Iowa 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.
Fort Atkinson, 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 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 Fort Atkinson, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $49 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)