West Okoboji, IA is a small town located in the northwest corner of Iowa. Its politics are reflective of its small size, with local elections often being based on a few key issues that are important to the community. The town's mayor and city council members are elected by the people who live there and serve for two-year terms. Each year, citizens can also vote to fill one seat on the school board. In West Okoboji, IA, these local elections are taken very seriously by residents as they provide the opportunity to ensure their voices are heard in decisions that affect their daily lives. As such, candidates must be able to demonstrate their commitment to representing their constituents' interests when campaigning for office. It is also important for candidates to listen attentively to community members and work closely with them throughout their tenure in office.
The political climate in West Okoboji, IA is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, IA is very conservative. In Dickinson County, IA 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.6%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Okoboji, IA is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, Iowa is very conservative.
Spirit Lake Metro Area 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.
West Okoboji, 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 West Okoboji, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 325 contributions totaling $23,872 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 510 contributions totaling $370,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $727 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)