Grand Junction, IA is a small town situated in the Midwest of the United States. The town has a strong sense of community and local politics play a huge role in keeping the town running. Every few years, local residents get to vote for new representatives from their districts who will serve in the city council. These representatives discuss and decide on important issues concerning the town such as taxation, public services, infrastructure projects, and other issues that can affect the people living in Grand Junction. The current mayor is Mayor John Smith and he works together with the city council to ensure that Grand Junction is a safe and prosperous place to live. Local political candidates are always willing to help out and serve their community in any way they can.
The political climate in Grand Junction, IA is moderately conservative.
Greene County, IA is strongly conservative. In Greene County, IA 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 35.0%.
Greene county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grand Junction, IA is moderately conservative.
Greene County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Grand Junction, Iowa: d r d 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 Grand Junction, 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 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)