Drakesville, IA is a small town in the Midwest of America. The local politics here are largely dominated by the Democratic party. Most of the residents in the area tend to be progressive and open-minded when it comes to their political views. As such, many of the local political candidates tend to lean towards Democratic ideals rather than conservative ones. There are many passionate debates between candidates during election season, as they strive to represent their constituents and bring about positive change for their community. Despite its small size, Drakesville has been able to create an environment where people can come together from different backgrounds and discuss important issues that affect them on a daily basis.
The political climate in Drakesville, IA is strongly conservative.
Davis County, IA is very conservative. In Davis County, IA 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Davis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.7%.
Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Drakesville, IA is strongly conservative.
Davis County, Iowa is very conservative.
Ottumwa Metro Area 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.
Drakesville, 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 Drakesville, 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 2 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)