Keokuk, IA County is a part of the state of Iowa and is located in the southeast corner. It has an active political scene with both local and statewide candidates running for office. The county is represented in the Iowa Senate by Republican Brad Zaun, who was first elected in 2010. In the Iowa House, Democrat Mary Wolfe and Republican Steven Holt are the current representatives. The county’s population is largely rural, with many residents engaged in agriculture-related industries. At the local level, voters elect members to serve on the county board of supervisors. This body is responsible for making decisions on a variety of issues impacting life in Keokuk County, such as land use and budgeting. Local elections take place every two years with a wide range of candidates vying for office from both major parties.
The political climate in Keokuk County, IA is very conservative.
In Keokuk County, IA 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Keokuk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.7%.
Keokuk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Keokuk 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.
Keokuk, 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 Keokuk County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 187 contributions totaling $26,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $23,286 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)