The politics in Glenwood, Iowa are largely focused on addressing the needs of its citizens. As a small rural town, the government and local political candidates strive to bring about solutions to the unique challenges faced by this community. The city council works with local organizations to promote public safety, economic growth, and quality of life initiatives. They also work to ensure that all residents have access to necessary resources like health care and education. Local political candidates focus on promoting policies that will improve the overall wellbeing of the people in Glenwood and help create a brighter future for everyone. They prioritize issues like infrastructure improvements, job creation, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection. By working together with the community, they hope to make Glenwood an even better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Glenwood, IA is strongly conservative.
Mills County, IA is very conservative. In Mills County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mills county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.3%.
Mills county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glenwood, IA is strongly conservative.
Mills County, Iowa is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs 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.
Glenwood, 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 Glenwood, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 574 contributions totaling $33,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 424 contributions totaling $50,632 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)