Worth County, Iowa is a rural midwestern county located in the northern part of the state. Its politics reflect the traditional values of most small-town America – conservative and family-oriented. The county is represented by five members in the Iowa House of Representatives and three in the Senate. Republican representatives dominate both chambers at the local level, with all five House members and two Senate members being from the same party. A number of local political issues are debated, such as environment protection, tax reform, education spending and infrastructure investment. Education is one of the biggest concerns for Worth County residents as they strive to provide their children with quality educational opportunities in an increasingly competitive world. Local leaders also work hard to attract new businesses and create jobs so that more people can stay in Worth County long-term and not have to relocate for employment opportunities elsewhere. Regardless of their political views or affiliations, all Worth County residents share a commitment to success and progress so that future generations will have more opportunities than ever before.
The political climate in Worth County, IA is strongly conservative.
In Worth County, IA 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.1%.
Worth county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Worth County, IA is strongly conservative.
Mason City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Worth, 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 Worth County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 234 contributions totaling $5,624 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $9,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)