Reinbeck, Iowa is a rural town located in Black Hawk County. While it does not have its own local political candidates, Reinbeck is part of the larger politics of the county and state. Politically, Reinbeck is traditionally a Democratic-leaning area, with most of its residents voting for Democratic candidates in national elections. On the local level, Reinbeck participates in the governance of Black Hawk County by electing county supervisors in every election cycle. The citizens of Reinbeck also participate in statewide politics by voting on various ballot initiatives. Additionally, Reinbeck will often send representatives to state legislative sessions to speak on behalf of their constituents and advocate for legislation that will benefit the community. Overall, Reinbeck takes an active role in local and statewide politics and works hard to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Reinbeck, IA is strongly conservative.
Grundy County, IA is very conservative. In Grundy County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.3%.
Grundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Reinbeck, IA is strongly conservative.
Grundy County, Iowa is very conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Reinbeck, 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 Reinbeck, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $4,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $17,302 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $577 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)