The small town of Stanley, IA is a close-knit community that is home to many hardworking people who are passionate about their local politics. Though the population size of Stanley is relatively small, there is no shortage of enthusiasm when it comes to engaging in meaningful political discourse. The people here take pride in being informed about the issues that affect their everyday lives and make their voices heard by actively participating in elections. Local candidates are often involved in civic events and debates, giving residents an opportunity to get to know them and learn more about their platforms for change. In addition, residents enjoy showing support for candidates they believe will help improve the quality of life within the community by attending rallies and volunteering on campaigns. The passion for politics that exists among the citizens of Stanley makes it a great place for making meaningful changes that will benefit its citizens for years to come.
The political climate in Stanley, IA is strongly conservative.
Buchanan County, IA is moderately conservative. In Buchanan County, IA 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buchanan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.7%.
Buchanan county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanley, IA is strongly conservative.
Buchanan County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Stanley, 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 Stanley, 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 4 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)