New Haven, IA is a small town in the Midwest United States. It has a history of political involvement and engagement, as its citizens are passionate about their beliefs and values. Every election season, citizens come together to discuss the issues and candidates that will shape their future. Although no local candidates were named in this content, one can be sure that there will be a number of them running for office in New Haven, IA each year. Political discussions are common among New Haven's residents, who take great pride in their town and its influence on the state's politics. Local elections often have high voter turnouts as people want to ensure their voice is heard when it comes to deciding on who would best represent them and their community.
The political climate in New Haven, 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
New Haven, 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.
New Haven, 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 New Haven, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $12,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $12,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)