Calmar, IA is a small town in northeastern Iowa. It is governed by a mayor and city council, with elections held every two years. The mayor and council are responsible for setting the budget, enacting legislation and managing various departments such as police, fire, public works and parks. Each of the five council members serve four-year terms with no term limits. In addition to local government, citizens of Calmar can also get involved in state and federal politics by voting in elections or attending special events. Education about political issues is also important for the citizens of Calmar, who can read up on current events from diverse sources in order to make more informed decisions when it comes to national or state politics.
The political climate in Calmar, IA is somewhat conservative.
Winneshiek County, IA is leaning conservative. In Winneshiek County, IA 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winneshiek county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Winneshiek county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Calmar, IA is somewhat conservative.
Winneshiek County, Iowa 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.
Calmar, Iowa: r 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 Calmar, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $4,450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)