What Cheer, IA is a small town located in Keokuk County, Iowa. As the county seat, it is home to many political offices and elections. Although What Cheer itself does not have any local candidates for the upcoming election, there are several state-level candidates running from the surrounding area. Many of these candidates are focused on issues that directly affect What Cheer residents, such as education funding, infrastructure development, and access to healthcare. Despite its small size, What Cheer is an important part of the state's political landscape. Residents take their civic duty seriously and come out in full force to exercise their right to vote during elections. Overall, the citizens of What Cheer take pride in their town and strive to make it a better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in What Cheer, IA is strongly conservative.
Keokuk County, IA is very conservative. In Keokuk County, IA 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Keokuk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.7%.
Keokuk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
What Cheer, IA is strongly conservative.
Keokuk 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.
What Cheer, 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 What Cheer, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)