Shenandoah, Iowa is a rural town located in Page County and has a population of 5,347. The local politics in Shenandoah are largely centered around the issues that affect the residents of the town and county as a whole. The City Council and Mayor focus on keeping taxes low, maintaining roads and infrastructure, promoting economic development initiatives, and providing services to residents such as police and fire protection. Local political candidates for City Council typically come from various backgrounds within the community with a commitment to addressing the unique needs of Shenandoah’s citizens. They work together to create policies that ensure Shenandoah remains a safe and thriving place to live.
The political climate in Shenandoah, IA is moderately conservative.
Page County, IA is very conservative. In Page County, IA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Page county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Page county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shenandoah, IA is moderately conservative.
Page 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.
Shenandoah, 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 Shenandoah, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $3,994 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $46,952 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)