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United States / Iowa / No Metro Area / Franklin County / Chapin / Zip Codes
Chapin, IA is a small rural community located in Marshall County. It is a quiet and peaceful town with a population of just over 500 people. Although the town is relatively small, it has an active political scene with local residents actively engaging in their civic duties by participating in elections and discussions related to local issues. Every two years, local citizens have the opportunity to elect members of the city council, who work together to make decisions that affect the entire community. The mayor and city council are also responsible for managing the city’s budget and allocating funds to various projects throughout the city. Additionally, Chapin holds annual Town Meetings where residents can come together to discuss any topics or issues of importance to them. These meetings provide an opportunity for residents to share their concerns as well as ideas on how they think their hometown should be run. By staying informed and involved in their local politics, citizens of Chapin help ensure that their voices are heard and that their interests are represented by their representatives.

The political climate in Chapin, IA is strongly conservative.

Franklin County, IA is very conservative. In Franklin County, IA 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Chapin, IA is strongly conservative.


Franklin 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.

Chapin, 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 Chapin, 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 26 contributions totaling $15,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $578 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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