The small town of Ida Grove, IA is located in Ida County and has a population of approximately 1,920 people. It's a close knit community that values hard work, family life, and civic engagement. The town is home to several churches as well as many small businesses such as restaurants and retail stores. Politically speaking, Ida Grove residents tend to lean conservatively with the Republican Party generally being the choice for voters. Local elections are held every two years for offices such as mayor or city council members. Residents take part in these elections by voting for their chosen candidate in order to ensure their voice is heard and that their values are represented. Participation in local politics helps keep citizens informed on important issues that impact their day-to-day lives.
The political climate in Zip 51445 (Ida Grove, IA) is very conservative.
Ida County, IA is very conservative. In Ida County, IA 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ida county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 23.8%.
Ida county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51445 (Ida Grove, IA) is very conservative.
Ida Grove, Iowa is very conservative.
Ida 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.
Ida Grove, 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 51445 (Ida Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 291 contributions totaling $13,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $3,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)