Janesville, IA is a small rural town located in Black Hawk County. With a population of just over 1,000 people, the citizens of Janesville pride themselves on their tight-knit community. The politics in Janesville are largely rooted in the community’s commitment to staying true to its roots and preserving its small-town charm. This can be seen in the local elections, where most candidates for office are longtime residents of Janesville who share the same values as their constituents. Issues that tend to dominate local campaigns include land use, access to health care and education for all residents, and maintaining a strong agricultural economy. As an independent community with no party affiliations, Janesville is able to maintain an atmosphere of nonpartisanship during elections while still focusing on the issues that matter most to its citizens.
The political climate in Janesville, IA is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Bremer County, IA 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bremer county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Bremer county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Janesville, IA is moderately conservative.
Bremer County, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Janesville, Iowa: r r 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 Janesville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $24,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)