Searsboro, Iowa is a small town of approximately 500 people located in Poweshiek County. It is an active and engaged community with a strong sense of civic responsibility. Each election cycle brings a chance for citizens to vote on who they believe should lead their local government and be responsible for the decisions that effect their everyday lives. While many of the elections are nonpartisan, the candidates have different views on how best to administer the duties of their office and represent their constituents. Residents can look up information about candidates online or attend local candidate forums to learn more about elected officials, as well as research their voting records and stances on important issues. Ultimately, voters must make decisions based on who they think will make the best leader and do what’s best for Searsboro.
The political climate in Searsboro, IA is moderately conservative.
Poweshiek County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Poweshiek County, IA 42.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Poweshiek county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.5%.
Poweshiek county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Searsboro, IA is moderately conservative.
Poweshiek County, Iowa is somewhat 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.
Searsboro, Iowa: r 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 Searsboro, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $42 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)