Hardin County, Iowa has a long and varied history of political involvement. As one of the smaller counties in the state, Hardin County is home to a population of just over 9,000 people. The county is served by two main political parties, the Republican and Democratic Parties, both of which have been active in local politics for many years. In recent years, there have been frequent contested elections as both parties strive to win local offices. Each party's platform seeks to promote their particular values and beliefs in order to serve their constituents in Hardin County. From the selection of candidates to the issues that each party focuses on when campaigning, Hardin County residents can be sure that they are being represented by those who share their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Hardin County, IA is very conservative.
In Hardin County, IA 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Hardin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hardin 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.
Hardin, 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 Hardin County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 403 contributions totaling $69,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $233,289 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)