Greeley, IA is a small town located in the Midwestern United States. The town has a population of just over 1,000 people and is known for its friendly atmosphere and close-knit community. In terms of politics, Greeley has been part of Iowa’s 4th Congressional District since 2019. U.S. Representative Steve King currently represents this district in Congress. At the state level, Greeley is part of the 33rd Legislative District, which is represented by State Senator Tim Kraayenbrink and State Representatives Lee Hein and Tedd Gassman in the Iowa House of Representatives. The main issues that local politicians focus on include education reform, promoting job growth, reducing healthcare costs, and protecting public lands from development. Residents of Greeley take pride in being actively engaged citizens and participate in local political forums to voice their opinions on important issues facing the town.
The political climate in Greeley, IA is very conservative.
Delaware County, IA is very conservative. In Delaware County, IA 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.6% to 31.6%.
Delaware county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greeley, IA is very conservative.
Delaware 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.
Greeley, 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 Greeley, 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 6 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)