Davis County, Iowa is a vibrant and diverse community in the southern region of the state. Home to over 8,000 people, Davis County is governed by a Board of Supervisors who are elected by local citizens every four years. This board is responsible for making decisions that affect the county such as creating ordinances, managing finances, and approving zoning requests. Additionally, Davis County holds nonpartisan elections every two years for county-level offices such as sheriff, treasurer, and auditor. These officials help manage the day to day operations of the county and ensure it remains a safe place to live and work. The community also elects representatives to serve in the state legislature every two years who are responsible for representing their constituents’ interests in state government.
The political climate in Davis County, IA is very conservative.
In Davis County, IA 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Davis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.7%.
Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Davis County, IA is very conservative.
Ottumwa 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.
Davis, 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 Davis County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $2,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $6,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)