Washta, IA is a small rural town in the heart of America. The town has a proud history of civic engagement and political participation, from its early days of electing local officials to influence government decisions to more recent election cycles when engaged citizens advocated for their beliefs and candidates. In this quiet community, the citizens are passionate about their local politics and take part in all aspects of the electoral process. From voting on Election Day to attending candidate debates and rallies, Washta residents are actively involved in determining who will represent them in office. With an important mayoral election coming up this year, it promises to be an exciting time for Washta politics as the current mayor looks to be reelected or challenged by a new challenger. No matter who is elected, Washta's citizens can rest assured that their voices will be heard and taken seriously when it comes to deciding who will lead their town into the future.
The political climate in Washta, IA is very conservative.
Cherokee County, IA is very conservative. In Cherokee 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, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.7%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washta, IA is very conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Washta, 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 Washta, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $40 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)