New Albin, IA is a small town in the Midwest United States with a population around 500 people. The town's politics are largely dominated by local issues and the main political parties in the area are Republican and Democrat. Each year, local residents vote for mayor and city council members from one of these two parties. In addition to selecting representatives from the two major parties, New Albin also has a handful of independent candidates who offer their own unique views on issues such as healthcare, education and economic growth. With several candidates running each election cycle, it is important for residents to be informed about the issues they care about so they can make an educated decision when choosing their elected officials.
The political climate in New Albin, IA is strongly conservative.
Allamakee County, IA is strongly conservative. In Allamakee County, IA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allamakee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.7%.
Allamakee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Albin, IA is strongly conservative.
Allamakee 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.
New Albin, Iowa: r 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 New Albin, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)