Vinton, IA is a small town located in Benton County with a population of slightly over 5,000 residents. The town is served by a mayor and city council who work together to ensure the needs of the Vinton community are met. The mayor and council members are elected every four years by the citizens of Vinton. Local elections for these positions are held during even numbered years and typically involve candidates from both major political parties. Recently, the town has been abuzz with debate surrounding local issues such as taxes, school funding, and public safety initiatives coming up on the ballot in this year鈥檚 election. As voting day approaches, all citizens of Vinton are encouraged to take part in helping to shape the future of their community by casting their ballots for their chosen candidate.
The political climate in Vinton, IA is moderately conservative.
Benton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Benton County, IA 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 35.2%.
Benton county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vinton, IA is moderately conservative.
Benton County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Vinton, Iowa: d d d 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 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 Vinton, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 410 contributions totaling $10,837 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $4,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)