Montour, IA is a small rural town located in northern Iowa. It is known for its tight knit community and its friendly citizens. The politics in Montour are largely focused on local issues and the town is served by an elected mayor as well as several city council members. The local elections typically involve a great deal of participation from the citizens who care deeply about the future of their community. Issues that residents often focus on include improvements to infrastructure, economic development, and public safety. Residents also take an active role in advocating for their interests at the county and state levels, to ensure that policies enacted locally are reflective of what is best for them.
The political climate in Montour, IA is moderately conservative.
Tama County, IA is moderately conservative. In Tama County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tama county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.5%.
Tama county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montour, IA is moderately conservative.
Tama 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.
Montour, Iowa: d 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 Montour, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)