Chickasaw County is located in north-central Iowa and is part of the Mason City metropolitan area. The county seat is New Hampton, which serves as a center for local politics and civic engagement. The Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors is responsible for overseeing the many facets of local government, from taxation to zoning regulations. In addition, the county has several elected officials, including a Sheriff, Treasurer, and Auditor. The county also holds regular elections for its Board of Supervisors Members. These elections are open to all eligible residents, who have the right to vote on issues that will shape their local community. As such, it is important for Chickasaw County residents to stay informed about upcoming political races and candidates so that they can make an informed decision at the polls.
The political climate in Chickasaw County, IA is strongly conservative.
In Chickasaw County, IA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chickasaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.7%.
Chickasaw county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chickasaw County, IA is strongly 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.
Chickasaw, 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 Chickasaw County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 121 contributions totaling $8,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 222 contributions totaling $45,792 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)