Griswold, IA is a small town located in 51535. Here politics are an integral part of the local culture. Many residents take part in political discussions and debates, offering their perspectives on a variety of topics that affect their community. The town has a diverse population with many different views held on issues including taxes, education, transportation, and other services. While there are no specific local political candidates, citizens still come together to support whichever candidate or party they feel best reflects their beliefs and values as well as what is best for the town. Griswold is a place where people can come together to discuss politics and learn more about current events. With such an active city council and community initiatives, it's clear that Griswold's citizens take pride in their town and care deeply about its future.
The political climate in Zip 51535 (Griswold, IA) is very conservative.
Cass County, IA is very conservative. In Cass County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.3%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51535 (Griswold, IA) is very conservative.
Griswold, Iowa is very conservative.
Cass 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.
Griswold, 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 51535 (Griswold)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $6,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)