Mount Pleasant, IA is an active and engaged community when it comes to political issues. Local citizens take part in a variety of activities such as attending town hall meetings and events that involve discussing the current state of affairs. The city council works diligently to ensure that the best decisions are made for the people they serve. Some of their recent efforts have included passing a resolution to protect Lake Rathbun from pollutants, as well as working with local organizations on initiatives that promote healthy economic development. Residents of Mount Pleasant also have several ways to get involved in political life by volunteering for campaigns or supporting candidates running elections. Several prominent figures from Iowa politics, such as Senator Charles Grassley and Governor Kim Reynolds, have been actively involved in public service in Mount Pleasant over the years. In this way, Mount Pleasant continues to be a vibrant center for political discourse and action in Iowa.
The political climate in Mount Pleasant, IA is moderately conservative.
Henry County, IA is very conservative. In Henry County, IA 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 32.8%.
Henry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Pleasant, IA is moderately conservative.
Henry County, Iowa 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.
Mount Pleasant, 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 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 Mount Pleasant, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 154 contributions totaling $10,163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $18,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)