Sanborn, IA is a small rural town located in northwestern Iowa. The town is composed of a close-knit community of citizens that work together to help each other and ensure the town’s success. Politics and local government play an important role in Sanborn, IA. Elections are held every year for the local mayor and city council members to represent the interests of the community. In addition, five township trustees are elected to make decisions about finances and countywide issues. Sanborn residents take pride in their town and do their part to stay involved in local politics, as evidenced by high voter turnout in elections. Town members also regularly attend meetings and participate in public forums to discuss important topics such as public safety, infrastructure development, environmental protection, economic growth, and quality of life improvements.
The political climate in Sanborn, IA is strongly conservative.
O'Brien County, IA is very conservative. In O'Brien County, IA 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, O'Brien county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 20.8%.
O'Brien county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sanborn, IA is strongly conservative.
O'Brien County, Iowa is very 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.
Sanborn, 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 Sanborn, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $8,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)