Carroll County, Iowa is located in the beautiful rolling hills of the northwest corner of the state. As a rural county with a population of just over 20,000, Carroll has a long history of conservative politics that are reflected in its local government. The county is part of the 4th congressional district and is represented in Congress by Republican Steve King. At the state level, Carroll is represented by Republicans Clel Baudler and Gary Carlson at the House level and Julian Garrett at the Senate. Locally, Carroll County elects three Supervisors to make up their Board of Supervisors who work together to manage and oversee county operations, services and infrastructure. The Board works with local elected officials such as County Auditor, Sheriff and Treasurer to provide residents with a good quality of life. In addition, they work closely with various organizations such as Chambers of Commerce to promote local economic development.
The political climate in Carroll County, IA is very conservative.
In Carroll County, IA 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.5%.
Carroll county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carroll County, IA is very 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.
Carroll, 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 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 Carroll County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $50,733 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $34,693 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)