The small town of Onawa, IA, located in Monona County, is known for its close-knit community and rural lifestyle. Despite its population size of just under 3,000 people, the town has an active political presence. The county is represented by two state representatives: Representative Gary Worthan, a Republican who has been serving since 2017, and Representative Megan Jones, a Democrat who was elected in 2019. Additionally, voters in the area have a voice at the federal level with Congressman Steve King representing them in Congress. With both Republicans and Democrats from the area actively engaged in politics on different levels, Onawa residents are working to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Zip 51040 (Onawa, IA) is strongly conservative.
Monona County, IA is very conservative. In Monona County, IA 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.8%.
Monona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51040 (Onawa, IA) is strongly conservative.
Onawa, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Monona 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.
Onawa, 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 51040 (Onawa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $6,549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $6,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)