The city of Tipton, Iowa is known for its small-town charm, friendly people and a strong sense of community. Politically, the town is mostly conservative and has traditionally voted Republican in local and national elections. This trend has continued into recent years as the citizens of Tipton have consistently supported the Republican Party when voting on important issues like taxes and education. The City Council consists mostly of members from the GOP party who work to ensure that the city’s laws and policies reflect their values and beliefs. Local candidates often have to focus on balancing fiscal responsibility with creating good jobs for citizens, while also maintaining a commitment to providing quality services such as public safety and infrastructure maintenance. Issues such as healthcare, immigration and environmental protection are also discussed during election season in order to ensure that all residents have access to the resources they need.
The political climate in Tipton, IA is somewhat conservative.
Cedar County, IA is moderately conservative. In Cedar County, IA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cedar county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 40.5%.
Cedar county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tipton, IA is somewhat conservative.
Cedar County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Tipton, Iowa: d r 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 Tipton, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 191 contributions totaling $12,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $17,662 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)