Lambs Grove, IA is a small rural community located in the heart of Iowa. While it may be small in size, its politics have been anything but low-key. The local government is made up of a mayor and five city council members who are elected by the citizens of Lambs Grove to serve for three-year terms. Local elections are held every year and residents of Lambs Grove take an active role in deciding who will lead their beloved town. During election season, there are many debates between candidates on important topics such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and economic development. Residents come out in droves to voice their opinion on these issues and cast their ballot for the candidates they believe will best represent them. Political discourse runs deep in Lambs Grove and everyone has an opinion on how best to move the town forward.
The political climate in Lambs Grove, IA is moderately conservative.
Jasper County, IA is moderately conservative. In Jasper County, IA 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 38.3%.
Jasper county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lambs Grove, IA is moderately conservative.
Jasper County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Lambs Grove, 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 Lambs Grove, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $28,121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $33,083 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)