The city of Atlantic, IA is a small community located in the southwest corner of the state. It is home to just over 7,000 people and takes pride in having a close-knit, friendly atmosphere. Despite its small size, politics plays an important role in the daily life of the citizens of Atlantic. The city is served by a mayor and four council members who are elected by the public to create policies that will improve their quality of life. Additionally, the mayor appoints committees to advise on various issues in order to ensure that all voices are heard and considered before any decision is made. Each election season brings out many local political candidates who strive to represent their constituents through their own individual platforms. Overall, Atlantic's politics are driven by an emphasis on providing leadership that listens to its citizens and works towards making positive changes for all who call this city home.
The political climate in Atlantic, IA is moderately conservative.
Cass County, IA is very conservative. In Cass County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.3%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atlantic, IA is moderately conservative.
Cass 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.
Atlantic, 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 Atlantic, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 254 contributions totaling $12,904 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 642 contributions totaling $177,998 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)