The Sioux City, IA Metro Area is a populated area located in the northwestern part of the state. It is represented politically by a largely conservative constituency, with the majority of local political positions held by Republicans. This includes representation in the Iowa House of Representatives and Iowa Senate along with its congressional representatives in Washington D.C. Local politics focus heavily on issues such as improving public education, developing infrastructure projects, and reducing taxes for businesses and citizens. In recent elections, voter turnout has been strong due to large numbers of younger voters who are passionate about voting for candidates that best represent their values and interests. The Sioux City Metro Area continues to be an active participant in politics both locally and across the nation.
The political climate in Sioux City Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Sioux City Metro Area 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Sioux City metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.0%.
The Sioux City metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sioux City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Sioux City, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Sioux City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,693 contributions totaling $340,521 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,157 contributions totaling $940,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $436 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)