Blairsburg, IA is a small town located in northeast Iowa. The politics of Blairsburg are reflective of the typical political trends seen throughout the state. Most of the residents lean towards conservative and moderate values and opinions when it comes to policy issues. Local elections tend to be dominated by Republican candidates, who have typically held most of the seats in city council, school board, and other local government positions for many years. While there are some Democrats that live in Blairsburg, they have had limited success in local elections due to their more progressive views being outnumbered by their conservative counterparts. There has been an increased focus on environmental issues in recent years as well as a push for more community involvement from the citizens of Blairsburg. Despite this, candidates seeking office still often reflect traditional values and beliefs when it comes to politics in Blairsburg.
The political climate in Blairsburg, IA is strongly conservative.
Hamilton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Hamilton County, IA 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.8%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blairsburg, IA is strongly conservative.
Hamilton County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Blairsburg, Iowa: r r d 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 Blairsburg, 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 9 contributions totaling $2,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)