Oskaloosa, IA is a small city located in Mahaska County in the state of Iowa. It is home to many diverse people and cultures, and it has an active political landscape. Oskaloosa has a local city government that works hard to ensure the needs of its citizens are met. The city council members are dedicated to their constituents, regularly hosting public forums to listen to their concerns and provide information about local issues. The Mayor of Oskaloosa currently serves as the leader of the city and oversees daily operations. Elections are held periodically for both City Council and Mayor positions. As such, the citizens of Oskaloosa have numerous opportunities to get involved by voting for their preferred candidates or volunteering on campaigns.
The political climate in Oskaloosa, IA is moderately conservative.
Mahaska County, IA is very conservative. In Mahaska County, IA 25.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mahaska county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.4%.
Mahaska county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oskaloosa, IA is moderately conservative.
Mahaska County, Iowa is very 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.
Oskaloosa, 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 Oskaloosa, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $18,671 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $105,572 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $580 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)