Osceola County, Iowa, is a part of the Osceola County political landscape. Located in the northwest corner of the state, Osceola County is governed by a three-member board of supervisors elected to four-year terms. They are responsible for overseeing a variety of county services including law enforcement, public health, property taxes, and other county operations. The board also oversees elections and works to ensure fair representation throughout the county. The county's political landscape also includes several other local government bodies such as school boards and municipalities. Local candidates regularly run for office within these groups and provide an opportunity for residents to participate in their local government. Residents can also get involved in politics beyond the local level by joining political parties or participating in voter registration drives. As part of its commitment to representing all voices, Osceola County encourages its citizens to become engaged in their democracy through voting or becoming politically active within their communities.
The political climate in Osceola County, IA is very conservative.
In Osceola County, IA 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.1%.
Osceola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Osceola 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.
Osceola, 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 Osceola County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $1,383 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $9,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)