Onawa, IA is a small city located in Monona County. It is governed by a mayor and four council members who serve the community and make decisions on its behalf. The current mayor of Onawa is Ray Chase, who was elected to office in 2018 and has been actively engaged in local politics since then. Although Onawa is not a large city, it does have an active political scene with many candidates running for local office each year. During elections, citizens of Onawa can participate by casting their vote to ensure their voice is heard in the decision-making process. The election process also allows citizens to become more informed about the different candidates running, so that they can make an educated decision when it comes to choosing the best candidate for their needs.
The political climate in Onawa, IA is moderately conservative.
Monona County, IA is very conservative. In Monona County, IA 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.8%.
Monona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Onawa, IA is moderately conservative.
Monona 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.
Onawa, 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 Onawa, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $6,549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $6,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)