Ida County is situated in Northwest Iowa and is home to a thriving population of nearly 8,000 people. While the county is small in size, its political landscape plays an important role in shaping the region's future. Ida County follows the typical Iowa political structure with representation at both the state and local levels. At the state level, residents are represented by two senators and one representative, who are all elected in statewide races. At the local level, towns and cities within Ida County have their own town councils and city councils that make decisions on issues specific to their area. Local elections for these offices take place every two years, giving citizens of Ida County numerous opportunities to get involved in their local politics.
The political climate in Ida County, IA is very conservative.
In Ida County, IA 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ida county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 23.8%.
Ida county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ida 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.
Ida, 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 Ida County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 313 contributions totaling $20,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $13,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)