The politics in Ringgold, IA County are still quite traditional and conservative. The county voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election, with over 70% of the population supporting him. Local elections remain mostly contested between two major Republican parties, and the local voting trends tend to stick with previous election decisions. While there are some Democrats running in local races, they have not succeeded in gaining much traction at the polls thus far. In the last election cycle, most of the candidates that won were Republicans. Despite this conservative tendency, Ringgold County strives to be progressive when it comes to issues such as healthcare reform and economic growth through initiatives such as tax cuts for businesses. All in all, Ringgold County is a traditionally Republican-leaning electorate but open to new ideas that may benefit its citizens.
The political climate in Ringgold County, IA is very conservative.
In Ringgold County, IA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ringgold county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 26.1%.
Ringgold county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ringgold 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.
Ringgold, 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 Ringgold County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $4,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)