Rock Rapids, IA is a small town located in northwest Iowa. It has a rich history of politics and civic engagement, and its residents are committed to keeping their community safe and prosperous. Local politicians focus on issues such as improving the local infrastructure, creating jobs, providing support for education, and preserving the environment. The city council works hard to ensure that all citizens have access to resources they need to prosper. They also strive to be transparent with their actions so that citizens can be informed about what is going on in their community. With a long-standing tradition of encouraging civic participation, Rock Rapids continues to be an active part of the political landscape in Iowa.
The political climate in Rock Rapids, IA is strongly conservative.
Lyon County, IA is very conservative. In Lyon County, IA 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 15.5%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rock Rapids, IA is strongly conservative.
Lyon County, Iowa 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.
Rock Rapids, 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 Rock Rapids, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,352 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 136 contributions totaling $46,966 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)