Keokuk, Iowa is a small city located on the Mississippi River with a population of around 11,000 people. The political landscape in Keokuk is split between the Democratic and Republican parties, with each party vying for control of the city鈥檚 government and its resources. The mayor of Keokuk is elected by the people every two years and has held office since 2008. Additionally, there are nine city council members who serve four-year terms. Local politics in Keokuk often center around issues such as taxes, education, infrastructure, and public safety. The 2019 election saw several new candidates from both sides of the aisle vying for seats on the council. Issues such as environmental protection and economic development have taken center stage in recent debates within local government circles. Regardless of party affiliation, it is clear that many share a desire to make Keokuk an even better place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in Keokuk, IA is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, IA is moderately conservative. In Lee County, IA 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.1%.
Lee county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Keokuk, IA is somewhat conservative.
Lee County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Fort Madison-Keokuk Metro Area is very 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.
Keokuk, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Keokuk, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 430 contributions totaling $14,402 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $24,939 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)