Politics in Calamus, IA are centered around small-town issues such as maintaining the local school district, zoning regulation for residential and commercial development, and infrastructure improvements. Local government is headed up by a mayor and four city council members that are elected every four years. The political atmosphere of Calamus is relatively low key with most candidates running on platforms of fiscal responsibility and community wellbeing. Issues such as poverty relief, economic development, and environmental protection are often discussed but few hard stances or solutions have been proposed by the current council. There have been numerous efforts to raise civic engagement among residents in order to create dialogue around pressing issues. Overall politicians in Calamus strive to ensure they are making decisions that best benefit the citizens of their town.
The political climate in Calamus, IA is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Clinton County, IA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained strongly Republican, 54.1% to 43.8%.
Clinton county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Calamus, IA is moderately conservative.
Clinton County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Clinton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Calamus, 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 Calamus, 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 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)