Springbrook, IA is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people. Despite its small size, the politics in Springbrook are just as important as they are in any other town or city. The local government is responsible for making decisions that affect the daily lives of its residents and visitors to the area. The mayor and city council are elected by the citizens to represent their interests and make sure their voices are heard on issues that matter to them. There are also a variety of state representatives who represent Springbrook in the Iowa legislature, ensuring that local interests are represented at both the state and national level. All candidates for public office put forth their best efforts to make sure that they have the support of their constituents, no matter what political party they may belong to.
The political climate in Springbrook, 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
Springbrook, 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.
Springbrook, 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 Springbrook, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 71 contributions totaling $2,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $51,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $617 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)