Johnson County, IA is a vibrant community located in the Midwestern United States. As one of the fastest growing counties in the Midwest, Johnson County has become an increasingly competitive political environment. Every election cycle, local candidates vie for support from residents in the county. These include races for positions such as Mayor, City Council Members, Sheriff, Auditor, Treasurer and more. The campaigns are often highly competitive, with candidates debating on a range of issues that affect our community like economic development, transportation, public safety and education. In recent years, voter engagement in county elections has steadily increased as more people grow interested and passionate about their local government. At each ballot box many citizens have a voice to be heard through their vote and influence the decisions that will shape our future.
The political climate in Johnson County, IA is very liberal.
In Johnson County, IA 70.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.6% to 27.3%.
Johnson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnson County, IA is very liberal.
Iowa City Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Johnson, Iowa: D D D D D D
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 Johnson County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22,212 contributions totaling $2,072,846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,702 contributions totaling $488,839 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)