California Junction is a small city located in Iowa, and it has a vibrant political environment. The city is governed by an elected Mayor and four City Council Members who are responsible for making decisions about local taxes, public services, and other civic matters that impact the community. Residents of California Junction have the opportunity to get involved in their local politics by attending council meetings, volunteering for campaigns, and voting in elections. In addition to local government officials, there are numerous state legislators representing the area who work to ensure proper representation of the city on the state level. With an engaged population that actively participates in politics both locally and nationally, California Junction is a great place to live and get involved with politics.
The political climate in California Junction, IA is very conservative.
Harrison County, IA is very conservative. In Harrison County, IA 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 29.9%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
California Junction, IA is very conservative.
Harrison County, Iowa is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning 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.
California Junction, 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 California Junction, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $8,789 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $2,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)