New Hampton, IA is a small town with a population of approximately 3,000 people. It is located in Northeast Iowa and offers residents a peaceful and rural atmosphere. Despite its small size, the city of New Hampton has an active political scene. Community members are very involved in local events and initiatives that affect the community. Local politicians work hard to ensure that New Hampton has the best environment for its citizens. They strive to keep taxes low, create job opportunities, and maintain public safety. These leaders also work hard to preserve the local culture and help create economic growth for the town. The citizens of New Hampton appreciate these efforts and show their support by attending meetings and participating in community initiatives.
The political climate in New Hampton, IA is moderately conservative.
Chickasaw County, IA is strongly conservative. In Chickasaw County, IA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chickasaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.7%.
Chickasaw county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Hampton, IA is moderately conservative.
Chickasaw County, Iowa 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.
New Hampton, Iowa: d 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 New Hampton, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $13,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $27,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)