New Virginia, IA is a small but vibrant town located in the heart of Iowa. It's filled with friendly people who are passionate about their community and are eager to get involved in the local political scene. The mayor of New Virginia is Jennifer Roberts, who has been in office since 2018. She works closely with the city council to promote economic growth and ensure that all residents have access to quality public services. Additionally, many local organizations and groups like civic clubs, churches, and volunteer groups actively participate in town politics by organizing events, hosting forums, and engaging with elected officials. With strong civic engagement from its citizens, New Virginia ensures that the voices of its people are heard and their concerns addressed when it comes to decision-making at the municipal level.
The political climate in New Virginia, IA is moderately conservative.
Warren County, IA is moderately conservative. In Warren County, IA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 57.3% to 40.5%.
Warren county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Virginia, IA is moderately conservative.
Warren County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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 Virginia, Iowa: r r d 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 New Virginia, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $3,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)