Ocheyedan, IA is a small town with a population of approximately 500 people. It has a small government and local politics are fairly low-key. The Mayor of Ocheyedan is Bob Anderson, who was elected in 2018 and is currently serving his second term in office. The City Council consists of five members, three of whom are elected every two years by the citizens of Ocheyedan. The council is responsible for making policy decisions that affect the whole community, including zoning and public works initiatives. They also approve the town's annual budget. The local political candidates for 2021 are open to anyone who wishes to run and the election will be held on November 2nd. Ocheyedan residents take pride in their town and pay close attention to local politics in order to ensure that their community remains safe and prosperous for all its citizens.
The political climate in Ocheyedan, IA is strongly conservative.
Osceola County, IA is very conservative. In Osceola County, IA 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.1%.
Osceola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ocheyedan, IA is strongly conservative.
Osceola 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.
Ocheyedan, 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 Ocheyedan, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $4,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $509 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)