Mitchell County, IA is located in a rural part of Iowa, and the politics of the county reflect that. The two major political parties are the Democratic and Republican parties, with each party having candidates that run for local office. Elections are usually held during general election day in November, but occasionally special elections will be held on other days. The county has an elected board of supervisors that oversees many aspects of county government and they work to ensure policies are implemented in a way that benefits all residents of the county. Each supervisor is elected to their position for a four-year term. In addition to the board of supervisors, there are numerous other elected offices, such as sheriff, treasurer, auditor, attorney and more. All elected officials strive to make sure Mitchell County is well-run and progressive while upholding its traditions and values.
The political climate in Mitchell County, IA is strongly conservative.
In Mitchell County, IA 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.3%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mitchell 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.
Mitchell, 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 Mitchell County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 186 contributions totaling $30,806 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $17,086 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)