Ida Grove, IA is a small city of around 2,500 people located in northwest Iowa. It is the county seat of Ida County and has been an established community since 1870. Although it is a relatively small town, Ida Grove still houses a lively political atmosphere. Each year residents of the town get to choose who should represent them at the local level by electing a mayor as well as members of the city council. As with most cities, important decisions such as budget allocations and tax rates are made by elected officials so it is important for citizens to be informed about their local candidates and issues that affect them every day. By engaging in the political process at the local level, residents have a direct impact on how their community develops and grows.
The political climate in Ida Grove, IA is strongly conservative.
Ida County, IA is very conservative. In Ida County, IA 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ida county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 23.8%.
Ida county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ida Grove, IA is strongly conservative.
Ida 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.
Ida Grove, Iowa: R R R 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 Ida Grove, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 291 contributions totaling $13,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $3,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)