St. Olaf, IA is a small town in the Midwestern United States with a population of around 1,000 people. As such, there are not any local political candidates running for office in the town. However, St. Olaf residents are still politically engaged by staying informed on current issues and participating in events like debates and rallies to express their opinions. They also take part in local elections by voting for candidates from different parties and discussing the current state of politics with one another. As St. Olaf is part of a larger county, citizens make sure to stay up-to-date on county-wide issues as well as state-level initiatives that could affect them directly. By doing so, they are able to make an informed decision when it comes time to cast their vote for the next election.
The political climate in St. Olaf, IA is strongly conservative.
Clayton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Clayton County, IA 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clayton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.6% to 34.8%.
Clayton county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Olaf, IA is strongly conservative.
Clayton 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.
St. Olaf, 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 St. Olaf, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $4,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)