Grafton, Iowa is a small town located in the northeast corner of the state. With a population of just over 1,000 people, Grafton offers a peaceful rural atmosphere. It also has its own unique political environment due to its small size and strong local values. Grafton is run by a mayor and five city council members who are elected to serve on staggered four-year terms. Local issues that are important to the citizens of Grafton typically focus on keeping taxes low, maintaining good roads and parks, supporting local businesses, improving public safety, and providing quality education opportunities. The candidates for elected positions in Grafton come from all walks of life with varying perspectives on how to best serve their constituents. Each candidate must strive to make their case to the voters in order for them to be successful at the polls.
The political climate in Zip 50440 (Grafton, IA) is strongly conservative.
Worth County, IA is strongly conservative. In Worth County, IA 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.1%.
Worth county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50440 (Grafton, IA) is strongly conservative.
Grafton, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Worth County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Mason City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Grafton, 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 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 50440 (Grafton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $28 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)