St. Joseph, Iowa is a small city located in the state’s northeast corner with a population of approximately 700 people. It has two main local political organizations: the Council and the Mayor’s Office. The Council consists of six members including a mayor, council president, and four councilmen who meet once a month to discuss important matters such as budgeting and zoning. The Mayor’s Office is headed by Mayor Dean Jones who serves as the city's chief executive officer and is responsible for providing leadership to the city government, maintaining public services, and engaging in numerous community projects. St Joseph has been served by the same mayor since 2005 who has focused on developing local businesses and investing in community infrastructure projects such as parks and trails. Local elections are held every two years where residents elect a new mayor and other officials who serve on the council. Despite its small size, St Joseph locals take great interest in their local politics to ensure that their city remains safe, prosperous, and vibrant for generations to come.
The political climate in St. Joseph, IA is very conservative.
Kossuth County, IA is very conservative. In Kossuth County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kossuth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.7%.
Kossuth county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Joseph, IA is very conservative.
Kossuth 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.
St. Joseph, 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 St. Joseph, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)