Louisa County, Iowa is a rural area with a population of just over 11,000. Although small in size, Louisa County has an active local politics scene, with many citizens involved in the process. The county is governed by a Board of Supervisors that consists of five members who are voted into office by local residents. There are also elected officials representing Louisa County at the state level as well as federal representatives. Citizens participate in various political activities such as voting on important issues and attending meetings to discuss current policies and local initiatives. There are also several advocacy groups formed by concerned citizens that work to ensure that their voices are heard on important matters affecting the community. Overall, Louisa County has a vibrant political system and its citizens take great pride in being involved and making sure their views are represented.
The political climate in Louisa County, IA is very conservative.
In Louisa County, IA 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Louisa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.4%.
Louisa county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Louisa 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.
Louisa, Iowa: d r 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 Louisa County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $5,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $20,469 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)