Conrad, Iowa is a small town located in Grundy County. It is a tight-knit community with a population of just over 500. The local politics in Conrad are based on the small towns philosophy and values. Every two years, local residents come together to elect representatives who will serve on the city council and make decisions about their community. The city council meets regularly throughout the year to discuss ways to improve the lives of citizens and their quality of life. Residents also take part in voting for state and federal representatives during general elections every four years. Through these processes, Conrad maintains its commitment to representing the interests of its citizens.
The political climate in Conrad, IA is strongly conservative.
Grundy County, IA is very conservative. In Grundy County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.3%.
Grundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Conrad, IA is strongly conservative.
Grundy County, Iowa is very conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Conrad, 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 Conrad, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $2,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $6,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)