St. Paul, Iowa is located in Marion County and is a small, rural town with a population of just under 500 people. Although St. Paul is a small town, it still has an active local political scene that impacts the area's residents. The citizens of St. Paul are served by the Marion County Board of Supervisors, comprised of three members and their respective appointed officials who oversee county issues such as infrastructure and public safety. The city also elects its own mayor and five city council members who manage local affairs and focus on the needs of their constituents. With many important decisions being made by these local leaders, it's important to know who your elected officials are and what they stand for so that you can make informed decisions about policies that affect your community.
The political climate in St. Paul, IA is strongly conservative.
Lee County, IA is moderately conservative. In Lee County, IA 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.1%.
Lee county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Paul, IA is strongly conservative.
Lee County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Fort Madison-Keokuk 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.
St. Paul, Iowa: D D 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 St. Paul, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $3,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $522 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)