Buena Vista, Iowa County is a rural community located in the north-central part of the state. Politically, the county leans toward conservative values and has traditionally supported Republican candidates. In recent years, however, Democrats have made some inroads with several local representatives being elected from both parties. The Iowa Caucus held in Buena Vista is an important event for both Republicans and Democrats seeking to represent this region of the state. Local leaders from both parties are actively engaging their communities to get out the vote and ensure their candidates receive the support needed to win. Buena Vista offers a variety of candidates running for local office such as school board members, commissioners, judges, mayors and more. Community members often take an active role in deciding who will be best suited to represent them on these issues and strive to make sure that their voices are heard in the process.
The political climate in Buena Vista County, IA is strongly conservative.
In Buena Vista County, IA 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buena Vista county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.3%.
Buena Vista county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buena Vista County, IA is strongly conservative.
Storm Lake Metro Area is strongly 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.
Buena Vista, 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 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 Buena Vista County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 525 contributions totaling $28,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 339 contributions totaling $55,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)