Griswold, IA is a small community of just over 1,400 people located in the western part of the state. The city is governed by a mayor and five council members who are elected to serve 4-year terms. Griswold has long been known for its commitment to public service and the local government works to ensure that all citizens feel included and informed on the decisions made. Recently, the city has seen an increased interest in local politics with candidates from both major parties vying for office. Residents have a wide variety of opinions on various issues such as taxes, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education. No matter their political affiliations or stances on issues, candidates running for office must make sure that their campaign promises will benefit everyone in Griswold and focus on making the community a better place for all.
The political climate in Griswold, IA is strongly conservative.
Cass County, IA is very conservative. In Cass County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.3%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Griswold, IA is strongly conservative.
Cass 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.
Griswold, 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 Griswold, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $6,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)