The politics of Muscatine County, Iowa are dominated by a strong Republican presence. Local elections in the county are often decided by small margins, but Republicans tend to carry the day. The current members of the Muscatine County Board of Supervisors include two Republicans and one Democrat. On the state level, Muscatine County is represented by two Republican state senators and four Republican representatives in the Iowa State House. Nationally, all of the county's congressional representatives are Republicans. These elected officials are focused on issues such as economic development, job growth, and public safety in order to ensure that Muscatine is a safe and prosperous place to live. With their efforts, residents can rest assured that they have knowledgeable and experienced representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in Muscatine County, IA is leaning conservative.
In Muscatine County, IA 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muscatine county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.3%.
Muscatine county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Muscatine County, IA is leaning conservative.
Muscatine Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Muscatine, 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 Muscatine County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 879 contributions totaling $113,792 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 593 contributions totaling $241,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)