Chester, Iowa is a small town located in the south central part of the state. It is known for its rural appeal and agricultural landscapes. Politics in Chester is not typically very contentious or full of drama, as it’s a small community with few residents and relatively low voter turnout. Despite this, there are still political issues that are important to the citizens of Chester. Local elections tend to focus on local government services such as road maintenance, public safety, and economic development. There have even been some instances of candidates running on more high profile issues such as education reform and healthcare access. Voters in Chester generally care deeply about making sure their community remains safe, prosperous, and welcoming for future generations.
The political climate in Chester, IA is strongly 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
Chester, IA is strongly 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.
Chester, 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 Chester, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $3,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)