The small town of Cresco, IA is a tight-knit community with a history deeply rooted in politics. Although there are no local political candidates to mention by name, the citizens of this town are politically engaged and involved in important decisions that affect their day-to-day lives. Many residents take part in town hall meetings and other forms of civic engagement to ensure their voices are heard and their opinions taken into consideration when decisions are made. Furthermore, those who cannot directly participate still stay informed through various sources such as newspapers, radio stations, and television programs. Even though the population of Cresco, IA may be small, its citizens take pride in their ability to effectively govern themselves.
The political climate in Cresco, IA is moderately conservative.
Howard County, IA is strongly conservative. In Howard County, IA 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 35.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cresco, IA is moderately conservative.
Howard County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Cresco, Iowa: D D D D 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 Cresco, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $19,012 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $15,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)