Coon Rapids, Iowa is a small town in Carroll County with a population of 2,231 as of the 2010 census. The town is governed by the Coon Rapids city council which consists of five members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The mayor and four council members are each voted on at-large and serve as the legislative body for the municipality. Additionally, Coon Rapids has an appointed Town Administrator who serves as the Chief Executive Officer responsible for implementing the policies set by the City Council. The city also has its own police department and fire department which help keep their citizens safe from harm. The people of Coon Rapids take pride in their local government and strive to make it a welcoming and vibrant place to live.
The political climate in Coon Rapids, IA is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, IA is very conservative. In Carroll County, IA 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.5%.
Carroll county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coon Rapids, IA is strongly conservative.
Carroll 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.
Coon Rapids, 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 Coon Rapids, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $49,640 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $477 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $11,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)