Calhoun, IA County is a rural area located in the midwestern United States. It is home to many small towns and cities that have their own local politics. Each town or city has its own local political candidates that run for office every election season. The county also has its own county-level government which makes decisions that affect all residents of Calhoun, IA County. During elections, residents of these small towns and cities come together to decide on their representatives for the county government. Issues such as infrastructure, economic development, education, and public safety are often topics discussed among the candidates when they are campaigning for office. Every four years, citizens of Calhoun, IA County get an opportunity to make their voices heard by voting in the local elections that shape the future for everyone living in this rural area.
The political climate in Calhoun County, IA is very conservative.
In Calhoun County, IA 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.0%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Calhoun 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.
Calhoun, 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 Calhoun County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $2,583 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $27,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)