Nora Springs, Iowa is a small town located in Floyd County. It is home to an active local political scene with many different issues that citizens are passionate about. Issues such as taxation, education, and jobs are regularly discussed in the city council meetings. Local politicians across the political spectrum have been elected to serve the residents of Nora Springs and work hard to ensure their needs are met. Additionally, the community is very engaged with current events and actively participate in discussions regarding them on social media platforms. The locals also frequently attend rallies and other events to support their favorite candidates or causes while taking part in lively debates about their government. All in all, Nora Springs is a vibrant place when it comes to politics and its citizens take pride in having a voice in their local government.
The political climate in Nora Springs, IA is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, IA is moderately conservative. In Floyd County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.5%.
Floyd county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nora Springs, IA is moderately conservative.
Floyd 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.
Nora Springs, 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 Nora Springs, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $14,456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $11,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $575 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)