Klemme, Iowa is a small rural town with a population of around 500 people. It is located in Hancock County and has been around since the early 1900s. The town mostly consists of small family-owned farms and businesses, with agriculture being the main source of income for many of its residents. Klemme holds elections every year to determine local political candidates and the citizens take these matters seriously, as they affect their community directly. The candidates running in Klemme are known to be honest and work hard to ensure that the best interests of its citizens are kept in mind while making decisions. Many candidates also focus on preserving and protecting the town's agricultural roots by having programs that support local farmers. Overall, politics in Klemme are important to its residents and they take great measures to ensure that it is reflected in our elected officials.
The political climate in Klemme, IA is very conservative.
Hancock County, IA is very conservative. In Hancock County, IA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.3%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Klemme, IA is very conservative.
Hancock 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.
Klemme, 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 Klemme, 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 8 contributions totaling $2,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)