Grundy County, IA is a small rural county located in the heart of Iowa. It is a relatively conservative area, and the Republican Party has traditionally been dominant in local politics. In recent years, however, the Democratic Party has gained more ground in local elections and now holds several county offices. Despite this shift in party representation, conservative values still reign in Grundy County and the local population has strong opinions on social issues that are often a source of debate. Local candidates running for office typically focus on topics such as economic development, education reform, and agricultural issues as they are most relevant to the area's residents. It's important to citizens of Grundy County that their elected officials represent their conservative views and take action on these pressing issues.
The political climate in 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
Grundy County, IA 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.
Grundy, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Grundy County, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 131 contributions totaling $8,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $33,196 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)