Mount Ayr, IA is a small city in Ringgold County of southwestern Iowa. It is known for its tight-knit community and strong sense of pride. As a result, politics plays an important role in the city. The local government is made up of the Mayor and City Council who work together to make decisions that benefit the entire community. Elections are held periodically with numerous candidates running for office to represent their constituents. Issues such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development are often discussed during campaigns as well as various other topics that affect local residents. In addition to these local elections, voters in Mount Ayr also take part in state and federal elections every year to determine who will represent them on issues that affect their lives at all levels of government.
The political climate in Mount Ayr, IA is strongly conservative.
Ringgold County, IA is very conservative. In Ringgold County, IA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ringgold county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 26.1%.
Ringgold county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Ayr, IA is strongly conservative.
Ringgold 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.
Mount Ayr, 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 Mount Ayr, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,499 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)