Anita, IA is a small town in the rural Midwest with a population of approximately 1,500 people. The political landscape of Anita is largely determined by the local government and its elected officials. There are currently four members of the City Council who make up the legislative body for the town. They are responsible for making decisions on all matters related to city ordinances, budgets, and other laws. The mayor serves as the executive leader of the city, with responsibilities including overseeing day-to-day operations and implementing council-approved policies. Local elections for these positions are held every two years and residents can choose from a variety of candidates to represent their interests in governing Anita.
The political climate in Anita, IA is strongly 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
Anita, IA is strongly 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.
Anita, 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 Anita, 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 8 contributions totaling $1,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)