Turin, Iowa is a small city located in the western part of the state. It has a population of just over 1,000 people and is a rural farming community. Politically, Turin is predominantly Republican, with registered Republicans outnumbering Democrats two to one. Over the years, local elections have been typically won by candidates from both major parties. In recent times, however, many local candidates have leaned towards conservative values and ideals. Issues that have been discussed at the local level include taxes, education reform, environmental protection, and economic development. Local elections are held every two years and are usually contested by a few independent and party-affiliated candidates who come from different sides of the political spectrum. The current mayor of Turin is a Republican who was elected in 2018 on a platform of fiscal responsibility and public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Turin, IA is strongly conservative.
Monona County, IA is very conservative. In Monona County, IA 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.8%.
Monona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Turin, IA is strongly conservative.
Monona County, Iowa is very 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.
Turin, Iowa: r r r r 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 Turin, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $6,549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $6,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)