Whitten, IA is a small town located in rural Iowa. Despite its size, the citizens of Whitten take a proactive approach to politics and are actively engaged in local issues. Local elections often draw high voter turnout as residents come out to support their favorite candidates. These candidates work hard to address the issues most important to the people of the town, such as improving infrastructure, supporting small businesses, and increasing access to educational opportunities. Residents also take advantage of their voting power by attending city council meetings and participating in public comment sessions. Through these efforts, residents of Whitten are able to make sure that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Whitten, IA is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, IA is very conservative. In Hardin County, IA 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Hardin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whitten, IA is strongly conservative.
Hardin 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.
Whitten, Iowa: r r d 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 Whitten, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $203 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $11,834 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)