Garden Grove, IA is a small town located in the 50103 zip code. Its population is estimated to be around 1,000 people. Politically, Garden Grove has traditionally been very conservative and there is very little political diversity in the community. The city council is made up of mostly Republicans, and most local candidates in recent elections have also been of the Republican party. In recent years however, there has been an increase in support for independent and third-party candidates as more people become aware of their options. This has allowed for greater political discourse within Garden Grove and its surrounding areas, as well as a greater sense of democracy overall within the city.
The political climate in Zip 50103 (Garden Grove, IA) is very conservative.
Decatur County, IA is very conservative. In Decatur County, IA 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Decatur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.4%.
Decatur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50103 (Garden Grove, IA) is very conservative.
Garden Grove, Iowa is very conservative.
Decatur 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.
Garden 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 50103 (Garden Grove)
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 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)