Story, IA County is a vibrant and growing community located in the Midwest United States. It is home to an array of people, businesses, and organizations that contribute to the overall success of the county. When it comes to politics, Story, IA County is represented by a variety of elected officials who serve at the county level. These elected officials include the Sheriff, Treasurer, Auditor, Recorder and Supervisors. Additionally, there are various state representatives whose district covers Story, IA County including members of the Iowa House of Representatives and Iowa Senate. All of these elected officials work together to ensure that Story, IA County remains a safe and prosperous area for its citizens.
The political climate in Story County, IA is moderately liberal.
In Story County, IA 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Story county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 39.9%.
Story county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Story County, IA is moderately liberal.
Ames Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Story, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 Story County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,560 contributions totaling $760,234 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,168 contributions totaling $206,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)