Protivin is a small rural town in northeastern Iowa with a population of 868 people. It is mostly known for its Czech heritage and its annual Kolach Festival. Politically, Protivin is traditionally conservative, with the majority of residents supporting the Republican party. However, in more recent years, many citizens have been open to exploring options from other political parties as well. The current mayor of Protivin is Janelle Moorman, who was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. She has been very active in leading the town's revitalization efforts over the past few years and has earned a lot of respect from her constituents. Additionally, other local politicians are often featured during the Kolach Festival events, including state representatives and senators from both major political parties. Overall, politics in Protivin continues to be an important part of life and an issue that all citizens take seriously when considering their vote at any given election.
The political climate in Protivin, IA is strongly conservative.
Howard County, IA is strongly conservative. In Howard County, IA 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 35.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Protivin, IA is strongly conservative.
Howard 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.
Protivin, 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 Protivin, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $48,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,531 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)