Anamosa, IA is a small town located in Jones County. Despite its relatively small size, Anamosa has an active political scene with residents actively engaging in the democratic process. The town is proud of its involvement in state and local politics as it has been represented by many dedicated legislators over the years. These legislators have worked hard to promote their constituents’ interests while advocating for progressive and innovative policies on behalf of Anamosa and Jones County. Additionally, various organizations like the Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters keep citizens informed about upcoming local elections, ballot measures, and other political events that may affect their community. Each year, residents come together to discuss important issues that impact their lives and work together to create solutions to shared problems.
The political climate in Anamosa, IA is moderately conservative.
Jones County, IA is moderately conservative. In Jones County, IA 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jones county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 38.3%.
Jones county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Anamosa, IA is moderately conservative.
Jones County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Cedar Rapids 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.
Anamosa, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Anamosa, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $10,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $26,540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)