Hamilton County, Iowa is a small rural county located in the Midwest. It has a population of approximately 16,000 people. Despite its small size, politics play an important role in the local community. Hamilton County is governed by a board of supervisors and various other elected officials that serve the citizens. Elections are held every two years for these positions and feature candidates from both major political parties as well as smaller parties such as the Libertarian Party and Green Party. Candidates campaign vigorously to win the votes of residents throughout the county, with issues ranging from economic development to education reform being part of the discussion. The county also has an active political scene outside of elections, with various advocacy groups working to influence public policy on a variety of matters. Through these efforts, Hamilton County continues to remain engaged in politics while seeking to meet the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Hamilton County, IA is strongly conservative.
In Hamilton County, IA 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.8%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamilton 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.
Hamilton, Iowa: r r d 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 Hamilton County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 317 contributions totaling $28,337 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $76,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)