Kanawha, IA is a small town located in Hancock County with a population of 50447. It is home to citizens who are very involved in the political process. People here are actively engaged in local government and participate in organizing rallies, attending protests, and voting for their preferred candidates. The residents of Kanawha take a keen interest in the local elections, supporting candidates who share their values. Candidates from both parties have worked hard to win the support of locals by addressing issues such as education, health care, and economic stability. In recent years, Kanawha has seen an uptick in voter turnout as more residents become aware of the important decisions being made at the local level that affects all aspects of life within the community.
The political climate in Zip 50447 (Kanawha, IA) is very conservative.
Hancock County, IA is very conservative. In Hancock County, IA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.3%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50447 (Kanawha, IA) is very conservative.
Kanawha, Iowa is very conservative.
Hancock County, Iowa 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.
Kanawha, 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 zip 50447 (Kanawha)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $99 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)