Gruver, IA is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. It has a close-knit community and its citizens are passionate about local politics. The residents of Gruver come together to discuss important issues and elect local leaders to represent them at the state and federal levels. As a small rural community, Gruver faces unique challenges when it comes to political representation. However, the residents of Gruver understand the importance of getting involved in their local government and have engaged in meaningful dialogue about key issues such as economic development, healthcare reform, and education reform. Local candidates for office care deeply about the future of Gruver and are committed to creating positive change in their hometown.
The political climate in Gruver, IA is very conservative.
Emmet County, IA is very conservative. In Emmet County, IA 31.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.3%.
Emmet county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gruver, IA is very conservative.
Emmet 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.
Gruver, 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 Gruver, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 110 contributions totaling $16,913 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $11,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)