Vining, IA is a small town nestled away in the heart of Iowa. It is home to a tight-knit community of around 500 people and has been for many generations. The citizens of Vining take pride in their small town and love participating in local politics. Whenever an important issue arises, the citizens come together to discuss how it will impact their community and how they can work together to solve it. Over the years, Vining has seen many dedicated leaders step up and run for local office, ranging from Mayor to City Council members. These individuals have made significant contributions to improving Vining and ensuring that its citizens' voices are heard above all else. As a result, the community remains strong even today with residents continuing to get involved in local politics and making sure their opinions are valued by their elected officials.
The political climate in Vining, IA is strongly 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
Vining, IA is strongly 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.
Vining, 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 Vining, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)