Blanchard, Iowa is a small rural town located in Allamakee County with an estimated population of just over 500 people. It is served by the Allamakee Community School District and is home to many farms and businesses. The politics of the town are handled primarily at the local level via elections for city council members and other local positions. Those elected into office serve to ensure that all residents have access to basic services such as fire protection, road maintenance, garbage collection, water/sewer treatment, law enforcement, etc. Residents also elect representatives to serve on various committees and boards such as the Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment. The local political scene in 51630 Blanchard is mainly focused on issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, public safety concerns, land use regulations, and environmental protection efforts. Overall, the political atmosphere of 51630 Blanchard is one that strives towards providing a safe and prosperous community for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 51630 (Blanchard, IA) is very conservative.
Page County, IA is very conservative. In Page County, IA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Page county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Page county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51630 (Blanchard, IA) is very conservative.
Blanchard, Iowa is very conservative.
Page County, Iowa is very conservative.
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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.
Blanchard, 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 zip 51630 (Blanchard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,631 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)