Wayne County, Iowa is known for its strong political culture and involvement. Every year, residents of the county come together to participate in local elections and take part in important debates concerning the future of their county. The voters of Wayne County have a wide range of political ideologies, from conservative to progressive. As such, each election cycle brings with it a variety of candidates for various local offices. Depending on the issue at hand, some candidates may be more popular than others but all are given fair and equal representation during elections. In addition to traditional campaigning methods such as door-knocking and town hall meetings, many candidates have also embraced more modern methods including social media campaigns and online advertising platforms to reach their constituents. No matter the election or candidate chosen by voters in Wayne County, it is clear that politics remain an important part of life in this rural community.
The political climate in Wayne County, IA is very conservative.
In Wayne County, IA 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wayne 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.
Wayne, 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 Wayne County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $4,575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 268 contributions totaling $29,821 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)