Linn Grove, IA is a small community located in southwestern Iowa. The city is home to many families, businesses, and organizations who strive to make the community a better place to live. Politically, Linn Grove primarily leans toward conservative policies and values. Locally, citizens vote for representatives to serve on the town council and mayor to ensure that their voices are heard by those in power. These elected officials are expected to uphold the principles of fiscal responsibility, transparency, and accountability as they look out for the citizens’ best interests. They work together to create budgets that will benefit the town and implement policies that ensure it remains a safe, vibrant place to live and visit.
The political climate in Linn Grove, IA is strongly conservative.
Buena Vista County, IA is strongly conservative. In Buena Vista County, IA 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buena Vista county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.3%.
Buena Vista county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Linn Grove, IA is strongly conservative.
Buena Vista County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Storm Lake Metro Area is strongly 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.
Linn 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 Linn Grove, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)