Sibley, Iowa is a small town located in west-central Iowa near the Big Sioux River. It is a community that is rooted in rural values and has been home to generations of families for centuries. Despite its small size, politics have played an important role in Sibley’s history and continue to do so today. The city is home to two major political parties, the Republican and Democratic Parties, both of which are actively involved in local elections. Every election season, residents come out to vote at the polls or by mail for their candidates of choice in city council and mayoral races. Over the years, many local leaders have had a significant impact on Sibley’s growth and development through their actions in office. The people of Sibley take their civic responsibility seriously and always look forward to making their voices heard through the electoral process.
The political climate in Sibley, IA is strongly conservative.
Osceola County, IA is very conservative. In Osceola County, IA 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.1%.
Osceola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sibley, IA is strongly conservative.
Osceola 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.
Sibley, 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 Sibley, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $1,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $10,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)