In Wapello, IA, politics is an important and integral part of everyday life. Although the county does not have any major political figures, the citizens of Wapello take their civic duty seriously by participating in local elections and staying informed on issues that will affect their quality of life. The city is divided into two wards; each ward elects its own mayor and four council members who are responsible for making decisions about city services, budgets, development plans, improvements to infrastructure and transportation, as well as other matters related to the welfare of Wapello's citizens. Furthermore, all residents have the opportunity to participate in the democratic process by casting a ballot in local school board elections as well as state and national elections. As a result, the people of Wapello are actively engaged in their community's political affairs.
The political climate in Wapello, IA is moderately conservative.
Louisa County, IA is very conservative. In Louisa County, IA 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Louisa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.4%.
Louisa county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wapello, IA is moderately conservative.
Louisa 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.
Wapello, Iowa: d r 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 Wapello, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)