Oxford, IA is a small town in Johnson County located in the state of Iowa. It has a rich history as a trading post for military personnel during the Civil War and the building of railroads. Despite its small size, Oxford is an important part of Johnson County politics. The town, which has about 870 inhabitants, is divided into two wards and both are represented by council members on the Oxford City Council. Additionally, Oxford also elects one mayor who serves as the chief executive officer of local government. Elections take place every two years and registered voters can cast their ballots at the city hall. The mayor and city councilors work together to make decisions regarding local policies that have an impact on infrastructure, services, taxes, schools, public safety and more.
The political climate in Oxford, IA is somewhat liberal.
Johnson County, IA is very liberal. In Johnson County, IA 70.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.6% to 27.3%.
Johnson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oxford, IA is somewhat liberal.
Johnson County, Iowa is very liberal.
Iowa City Metro Area is very 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.
Oxford, Iowa: D D D D D D
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 Oxford, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $9,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)