Clarke, IA County is a rural area in the midwest with a population of just over 10,000 people. It is governed by an elected Board of Supervisors who are responsible for creating and enforcing county laws. The Board is also responsible for allocating funds to maintain roads, public safety, health services, and other county programs. Elections are held every two years and candidates must be local to the county in order to run. Issues that affect Clarke County residents include economic development, land use planning, education funding, and maintaining the quality of life in rural areas. In recent years, political discussions have focused on how best to address these issues while still maintaining fiscal responsibility. With its small population, effective leadership is necessary to ensure that Clarke County residents receive quality public services and enjoy a prosperous future.
The political climate in Clarke County, IA is very conservative.
In Clarke County, IA 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.4%.
Clarke county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clarke 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.
Clarke, 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 Clarke County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $13,124 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $37,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)