Donnellson, IA is a small rural town located in Lee County. It has a local government with representatives representing the community in matters such as local taxation and zoning. The local politics of Donnellson are dominated by the Republican party, and residents take part in local elections to determine who will represent them on important issues. Residents here are actively involved in the political process, and frequently participate in debates and forums to discuss current events and their opinions on how the town should be run. Many of these discussions are held at the Donnellson Town Hall or other public spaces, giving citizens an opportunity to voice their thoughts and make their opinions heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Donnellson, IA is moderately conservative.
Lee County, IA is moderately conservative. In Lee County, IA 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.1%.
Lee county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Donnellson, IA is moderately conservative.
Lee County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Fort Madison-Keokuk Metro Area 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.
Donnellson, Iowa: D 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 Donnellson, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $11,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $6,604 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)