The politics in Spragueville, IA are typically centered around the local government. The town's government is made up of a Mayor, City Councilors, and other appointed officials. Elections are held every two years to select the Mayor and Councilors. During election season, citizens can get involved by attending debates and forums hosted by the candidates and learning about their stances on various town issues. Additionally, many local organizations host events throughout the year to educate the public on upcoming ballot measures and how they might affect Spragueville residents. Although Spragueville may not be as large or have as much media attention as larger cities, citizens still take their civic duty seriously when it comes to voting for their leaders and participating in local politics.
The political climate in Spragueville, IA is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, IA is strongly conservative. In Jackson County, IA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 36.2%.
Jackson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spragueville, IA is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Spragueville, 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 Spragueville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $2,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)