The politics in Emmet County, IA are largely dominated by the Democratic and Republican Parties. The county has a long history of electing Democratic candidates to local offices, although recently Republicans have gained ground in county politics. Every two years, citizens of Emmet County elect representatives for the Board of Supervisors and Sheriff. Additionally, they elect one representative to serve on the State House of Representatives every four years. All major political issues are decided at the local level through public meetings and debates held in each municipality. Issues such as taxes and public services are discussed and voted on by the citizens of Emmet County. Voters also have their say on matters such as economic development and environmental initiatives that affect their community. Many times, these elections rely heavily upon social media campaigns and door-to-door canvassing to get out the vote.
The political climate in Emmet County, IA is very conservative.
In Emmet County, IA 31.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.3%.
Emmet county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Emmet 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.
Emmet, 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 Emmet County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $17,413 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $15,624 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)