McIntire, IA is a small town located in the Midwest United States. It is home to a close-knit community with a strong sense of pride and history. Politically, McIntire has traditionally been a heavily Republican leaning town with conservative values. In terms of local politics, the town has two city council members who serve two year terms and are elected by the community. The current council consists of Mayor Mark Sorensen, Councilman Dave Manson, and Councilwoman Sara Johnson. The mayor and council members work together to address issues that affect the residents on a daily basis such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure maintenance, and more.
The political climate in McIntire, IA is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, IA is strongly conservative. In Mitchell County, IA 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.3%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McIntire, IA is strongly conservative.
Mitchell 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.
McIntire, 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 McIntire, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $211 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)