Spillville, IA is a small rural town located in northeast Iowa. It is known for its tight-knit community and vibrant agricultural industry. Despite its size, Spillville has an active political scene with multiple local elections taking place each year. Residents are passionate about their beliefs and elections often have high voter turnout as people get out to the polls to have their voices heard. Local candidates offer their visions for the future of Spillville and strive to make improvements that will benefit all of its citizens. From mayoral races to ballot initiatives, Spillville’s politics are constantly changing and evolving as new leaders take charge and strive for progress in the community.
The political climate in Spillville, IA is moderately conservative.
Winneshiek County, IA is leaning conservative. In Winneshiek County, IA 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winneshiek county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Winneshiek county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spillville, IA is moderately conservative.
Winneshiek County, Iowa is leaning 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.
Spillville, Iowa: r 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 Spillville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $2,225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $595 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)