Fayette County in Iowa is a rural county that has a vibrant political system. The county government consists of the local board of supervisors, who oversee the budget and ensure proper management of public resources. Additionally, there are several local municipalities that help to govern the county and provide services to its residents. Every two years, citizens of Fayette County can elect their representatives to serve on these boards. Local elections are held across the county in November and feature candidates for the Board of Supervisors as well as mayors, city council members, school board members, and other public officials. Despite being a rural area with limited resources, Fayette County remains politically engaged and actively works towards a better future for its residents.
The political climate in Fayette County, IA is moderately conservative.
In Fayette County, IA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fayette County, IA is moderately 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.
Fayette, Iowa: r 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 Fayette County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 272 contributions totaling $31,163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 205 contributions totaling $91,009 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $444 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)