Floyd, IA is a small rural town located in Floyd County. The politics in Floyd are largely conservative and values-driven. Residents tend to vote for candidates who place a priority on traditional family values, fiscal responsibility, and keeping taxes low. Additionally, local candidates tend to focus on improving infrastructure and services in the area while preserving the rural character of the town. In general, Floyd residents strive to support candidates who will make decisions that continue to benefit their community and their families for years to come.
The political climate in Floyd, IA is strongly conservative.
Floyd County, IA is moderately conservative. In Floyd County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.5%.
Floyd county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Floyd, IA is strongly conservative.
Floyd County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Floyd, 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 Floyd, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $19,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $14,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)