Tiffin, IA is a small town situated in Johnson County with an estimated population of 1,572 inhabitants. Although the population is relatively small, Tiffin has a well-connected and engaged political climate. The town operates with a mayor-council form of government with Head Mayor of Tiffin, Mansel Nelson, at the helm. The City Council consists of six members that work to represent the interests of their constituents. In addition to Mayor Nelson and Council members, there are several local political candidates vying for public office in Tiffin such as Jerry Hale who is running for Sheriff and Charlie Landeros who is running for County Commissioner. Despite being small in size, Tiffin takes politics seriously and works hard to ensure their representatives reflect the interests of its citizens.
The political climate in Tiffin, IA is somewhat liberal.
Johnson County, IA is very liberal. In Johnson County, IA 70.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.6% to 27.3%.
Johnson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tiffin, IA is somewhat liberal.
Johnson County, Iowa is very liberal.
Iowa City Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Tiffin, Iowa: D D D D D D
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 Tiffin, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,614 contributions totaling $436,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 379 contributions totaling $164,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $435 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)