Riceville, Iowa is a small rural community in the midwest with a population of approximately 1,000 people. It has a long history of being politically active and engaged with both local and national politics. The town's residents are deeply committed to representing their values on all levels of government. Local political candidates often come from the agriculture industry and have strong ties to the community. Issues such as water conservation, land use, sustainability, education, and economic development are regularly discussed during local elections. As one can imagine, these topics are of great importance to Riceville's citizens and have an impact on their daily lives. This commitment to civic engagement is part of what makes Riceville a unique place to live and visit.
The political climate in Riceville, IA is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, IA is strongly conservative. In Mitchell County, IA 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.3%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riceville, IA is strongly conservative.
Mitchell 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.
Riceville, 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 Riceville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 256 contributions totaling $13,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $3,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)