Eddyville is a small town located in Iowa with a population of about 1,800 people. It's a peaceful and quaint town that values its close-knit community. The politics in Eddyville are largely focused on local causes such as increasing access to public transportation, reducing taxes, and improving educational opportunities. Local candidates from both major parties work to represent the citizens of Eddyville at the state level and seek to bridge partisan divides by focusing on issues that affect the entire community. Residents are encouraged to learn about their local candidates and become involved in the political process so they can better understand what issues will be important for them in the future.
The political climate in Eddyville, IA is moderately conservative.
Wapello County, IA is moderately conservative. In Wapello County, IA 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wapello county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.2%.
Wapello county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eddyville, IA is moderately conservative.
Wapello County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Oskaloosa Metro Area 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.
Eddyville, 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 Eddyville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 437 contributions totaling $20,071 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $107,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $501 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)