Balltown, IA is a small rural town in the Midwest with a long history of local politics. It is home to many different political parties and organizations that are all deeply rooted in the community. Over the years, Balltown has seen its fair share of contentious debates over issues such as tax reform and education funding. The people of Balltown take their civic responsibility seriously and actively participate in local elections by electing representatives who best represent their values and opinions. Every election season brings new candidates into the town’s political arena, each vying for the chance to make an impact on the future of Balltown. Despite the differences in opinion among local residents, everyone usually comes together at election time to cast their votes and make sure that they are heard.
The political climate in Balltown, IA is moderately conservative.
Dubuque County, IA is leaning conservative. In Dubuque County, IA 47.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dubuque county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.6%.
Dubuque county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Balltown, IA is moderately conservative.
Dubuque County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Dubuque Metro Area is leaning 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.
Balltown, 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 Balltown, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $3,128 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $2,623 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)