Kanawha, IA is a small town with a population of around 600 people. It has a small government, with the mayor's office being the primary administrative entity. The mayor and two city council members make up the local governing body. Every two years, elections are held to determine who will fill these positions for the next term. During this time, local citizens come out in droves to cast their votes for which candidates they believe would be best suited to lead Kanawha forward. While there are no major political parties influencing elections here, Kanawha still takes pride in its long history of civic engagement and encouraging residents to be involved in their community.
The political climate in Kanawha, IA is strongly conservative.
Hancock County, IA is very conservative. In Hancock County, IA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.3%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kanawha, IA is strongly conservative.
Hancock 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.
Kanawha, 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 Kanawha, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $99 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)