Spirit Lake, Iowa is a small community with a population of around 4,000 people. Despite its size, there are still many political issues that affect the citizens of Spirit Lake. The city has two political parties: the Republican and Democratic Parties. Both parties have local representatives who are actively involved in representing the interests of their constituents and advocating for policies that will benefit Spirit Lake. In recent years, the Republican Party has had more representation in local government than the Democratic Party. However, both parties work together to ensure the best outcomes for Spirit Lake’s citizens and businesses. Every year, candidates from both sides of the aisle compete in local elections to represent their respective parties’ interests in Spirit Lake’s politics. Regardless of which party they support, residents of Spirit Lake can be assured that their voices will be heard in local government processes.
The political climate in Spirit Lake, IA is moderately conservative.
Dickinson County, IA is very conservative. In Dickinson County, IA 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.6%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spirit Lake, IA is moderately conservative.
Dickinson County, Iowa is very conservative.
Spirit Lake Metro Area 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.
Spirit Lake, 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 Spirit Lake, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 822 contributions totaling $165,597 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 575 contributions totaling $234,217 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)