Toledo, IA is a small city located in Tama County that has a population of about 3,900 people. Politically speaking, Toledo is located in the 5th district of Iowa and is represented by Representative Steve King in the US House of Representatives. The current Mayor of Toledo is John Bourne, who was elected to office in 2016. At the state level, Sen. Amy Sinclair and Rep. Dean Fisher are the two representatives for the city. Locally, Toledo holds elections for Mayor every four years and Council members every two years to serve on the six-member City Council. Each year there are also opportunities for residents to serve on various boards and commissions. Overall, Toledo has a very active political scene that encourages citizens to stay informed and get involved with their local government.
The political climate in Toledo, IA is moderately conservative.
Tama County, IA is moderately conservative. In Tama County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tama county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.5%.
Tama county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Toledo, IA is moderately conservative.
Tama 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.
Toledo, 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 Toledo, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $64,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $661 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)