Stout, IA is a small city located in Southwest Iowa. Though the city is small, it still has many functioning components of local government and politics that are important to its residents. The City Council of Stout is made up of seven members who are voted in by the citizens during elections every four years. The council is responsible for making decisions that have a direct effect on the day-to-day lives of the people living there, such as setting the budget and making land use policy decisions. The Mayor is also elected by residents and acts as a leader in coordinating policy between the City Council and other local entities. Finally, many important decisions are made at the state level, including those that may affect Stout’s population or resources. Local political candidates often work hard to gain support from voters in order to promote their policies or platforms that they feel will make their community better. All of these aspects play an important role in shaping politics in Stout, IA.
The political climate in Stout, IA is very 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
Stout, IA is very 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.
Stout, 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 Stout, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $8,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $3,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)