Columbus Junction, IA is a small city located in Louisa County. It is home to around 1,900 residents and has a rich history and community spirit. Politically, Columbus Junction leans heavily towards the Republican Party with most of its elected officials being members of the party. At the local level, there have been two representatives from Columbus Junction that have served in the Iowa House of Representatives. Both representatives are Republicans with one being current representative Jeff Shipley who was first elected in 2018. The city also has four members on their City Council who each serve a four year term. All four members are registered Republicans and help shape the politics of the city by setting policies for economic development, public safety, infrastructure, and more.
The political climate in Columbus Junction, IA is moderately conservative.
Louisa County, IA is very conservative. In Louisa County, IA 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Louisa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.4%.
Louisa county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbus Junction, IA is moderately conservative.
Louisa 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.
Columbus Junction, Iowa: d r 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 Columbus Junction, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $10,582 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)