Yorktown, IA is a small town in the Midwest with a population of less than 1,000 people. Despite its size, Yorktown is an active and involved community with various political candidates running for local office every election cycle. The city council hosts regular public meetings to discuss and debate local issues, such as housing development, road improvements, and outdoor recreation areas. There are several candidates who have expressed interest in running for mayor of Yorktown this year. Each candidate has unique visions on how to make the city better and more efficient. The residents of Yorktown take pride in their city and strive to make it a great place to live by taking part in the political process.
The political climate in Yorktown, IA is very conservative.
Page County, IA is very conservative. In Page County, IA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Page county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Page county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yorktown, IA is very conservative.
Page 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.
Yorktown, 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 Yorktown, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $4,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $10,404 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)