Boone County, Iowa is a rural and largely agricultural area located in the heart of the state. The county is characterized by small towns and sprawling farms, making it a great place to live. Politically, Boone County has traditionally leaned Republican and elected conservative candidates. Most recently, the county held its 2020 Presidential Primary election in early June and selected Donald Trump as its Republican nominee for president. At the local level, Boone County has two representatives for the Iowa House of Representatives; both are Republicans. In addition, there are several candidates running for local offices in Boone County this November including county supervisor and other various city positions. All of these candidates represent different political ideologies, giving voters more choice when it comes to selecting their representatives for each office.
The political climate in Boone County, IA is somewhat conservative.
In Boone County, IA 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.1%.
Boone county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boone County, IA is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Boone, Iowa: d d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Boone County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,349 contributions totaling $72,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 223 contributions totaling $42,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)