Blanchard, IA is a small rural community located in Dubuque County. Despite its size, the politics of the area have an impact on the local residents. The city government consists of a Mayor and five City Council members who are elected by the citizens every four years. These six individuals make decisions that affect the everyday life of all those living in Blanchard, such as deciding on tax levies, creating and amending ordinances, or passing legislation for projects such as infrastructure improvements. Additionally, people may choose to vote for state and national candidates in local elections to decide who should represent them on a higher level. Overall, Blanchard's political environment is an important part of its identity as a community and it always strives to work together for the betterment of all its citizens.
The political climate in Blanchard, IA is very conservative.
Page County, IA is very conservative. In Page County, IA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Page county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Page county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blanchard, IA is very conservative.
Page 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.
Blanchard, 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 Blanchard, 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 12 contributions totaling $3,631 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)