In Tama County, Iowa, politics are an important part of the community. The county is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors, who serve four-year terms and are elected at large by the voters in the entire county. Each election features different candidates running for office, representing a variety of political points of view on various issues. These elections give residents the chance to cast their vote for the candidate they believe will best represent their interests and values in local government. Education funding, taxes, and public safety are all important topics that come up during political campaigns. Through these debates and discussions, Tama County citizens can make sure their voices are heard and have a say in how their county is run.
The political climate in Tama County, IA is moderately conservative.
In Tama County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tama county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.5%.
Tama county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tama County, IA is moderately 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.
Tama, Iowa: d d D d 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 Tama County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $54,047 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $125,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $482 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)