Granger, Iowa is a small town located in Dallas County, just outside of Des Moines. Like many small towns across the United States, Granger has a local politics scene that directly affects the lives of its residents. During election season, candidates from both major parties strive to gain support from locals by attending block parties and hosting events around town. Candidates work hard to assure citizens that their policies will bring positive change and make their lives better. When important issues arise in Granger, such as taxation or new businesses coming into town, locals take great interest in how their local politicians are going to act on these issues. The political landscape of Granger is ever-changing and will continue to be a major factor affecting daily life for all the citizens of this small town.
The political climate in Granger, IA is somewhat conservative.
Dallas County, IA is leaning conservative. In Dallas County, IA 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 48.0%.
Dallas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Granger, IA is somewhat conservative.
Dallas County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Granger, 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 Granger, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $6,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $12,216 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)