Owasa, IA is a small community located in the Southeast corner of Iowa. It has a government that is run by elected officials, such as the mayor and city council members. The local government focuses on providing essential services to its citizens, including infrastructure maintenance, public safety, and recreational activities. The political atmosphere in Owasa is quite relaxed; residents tend to support candidates who have similar values as them when it comes to important issues. Popular topics of discussion include economic development and education initiatives. During election seasons, candidates for office often hold events in town to let citizens know about their platforms and what they would do if elected. Owasa’s citizens take part in these discussions, evaluating each candidate on their merits before deciding who they would like to see representing them at the local level.
The political climate in Owasa, IA is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, IA is very conservative. In Hardin County, IA 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Hardin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Owasa, IA is strongly conservative.
Hardin 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.
Owasa, Iowa: r r d 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 Owasa, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $63,961 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $576 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $55,004 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $797 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)