Crawford County, Iowa is located in the extreme western part of the state of Iowa. The county has a total area of 585 square miles with a population of 17,788 people as of 2019. It is known for its vibrant agricultural sector and has been home to many prominent agriculturalists throughout its history. Politically, the county leans heavily Republican and its residents are typically conservative in their views. In recent years, local political candidates have focused on issues relating to infrastructure development, economic growth and job creation, education and health care. Other topics often discussed during campaigns include maintaining small town values and preserving rural character while encouraging responsible growth in the region. Crawford County residents take an active role in politics by attending debates and becoming informed about local candidates running for office each election cycle.
The political climate in Crawford County, IA is very conservative.
In Crawford County, IA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 31.0%.
Crawford county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crawford 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.
Crawford, 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 Crawford County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 97 contributions totaling $9,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 204 contributions totaling $46,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)