Prescott, Iowa is a small town located just outside of the Des Moines metropolitan area. Despite its size, the city is very involved in local politics and has an active civil society with citizens actively participating in elections and other political activities. There are many candidates running for office in Prescott every election cycle, and many of them focus on issues that are important to the local community such as infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, education funding, and economic growth. The residents of Prescott take great pride in their local government and strive to keep it accountable to their needs and interests. Local initiatives such as beautification projects, public safety initiatives, and community involvement can all be attributed to the strong political engagement of Prescott's citizens.
The political climate in Prescott, IA is very conservative.
Adams County, IA is very conservative. In Adams County, IA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.3%.
Adams county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prescott, IA is very conservative.
Adams County, Iowa 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.
Prescott, 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 Prescott, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $70 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)