Holland, IA is a small town located in Iowa with a population of around 500 people. It is a unified community with a strong sense of pride and many generations of families have been living here for centuries. Politically, Holland is part of the larger Sioux County area which generally votes Republican. The Sioux County Board of Supervisors consists of three members who are all Republicans and are elected at large every four years. Community members living in Holland can also get involved in local politics by attending city council meetings where they can raise their concerns and ask questions about city operations. Additionally, the local school board elections provide an opportunity for residents to voice their opinions on education matters such as budgeting and curriculum decisions.
The political climate in Zip 50642 (Holland, IA) is very conservative.
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
Zip 50642 (Holland, IA) is very conservative.
Holland, Iowa is very conservative.
Grundy County, Iowa 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.
Holland, 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 50642 (Holland)
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 2 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)