The City of Plainfield, IA is a small community located in central Iowa. The city has a long history of being politically active, with several local political offices and organizations present throughout the city. Local politics in Plainfield focus on providing citizens with quality services and improving the overall quality of life for its residents. Over the years, the city has seen numerous candidates run for office and many successful campaigns as well. Recent elections have seen significant voter turnout and a strong showing from residents eager to be involved in local government decisions. By looking out for the best interests of its citizens and striving to make Plainfield a better place, local politicians have worked hard to promote progress and growth within the community.
The political climate in Plainfield, IA is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Bremer County, IA 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bremer county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Bremer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plainfield, IA is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Plainfield, 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 Plainfield, 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 6 contributions totaling $913 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)