Holiday Lake, Iowa is a small town located in the heartland of America. The town has a proud heritage as a tight-knit community that values hard work and personal responsibility. Despite its size, Holiday Lake still has an active political atmosphere. Local candidates regularly campaign to represent the people of Holiday Lake in various city and county level positions. Recently, debates have focused on improving infrastructure, creating jobs for local youth, and supporting small businesses to bolster the economy. There is also discussion about ways to make sure that taxes are used responsibly to benefit the community. Residents of Holiday Lake care deeply about the future of their town and take pride in ensuring that their voice is heard through the process of engaging in politics.
The political climate in Holiday Lake, IA is moderately conservative.
Poweshiek County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Poweshiek County, IA 42.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Poweshiek county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.5%.
Poweshiek county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holiday Lake, IA is moderately conservative.
Poweshiek County, Iowa is somewhat 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.
Holiday Lake, Iowa: r 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 Holiday Lake, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $8,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)