Charles City, IA is a vibrant and growing city located in north-central Iowa. It boasts a variety of cultural attractions, outdoor recreation opportunities, and an array of diverse businesses. Politically speaking, Charles City is a strong Democratic stronghold. The last presidential election saw the Democratic ticket win by a landslide margin. In recent years, local elections have been dominated by Democratic candidates as well. In the upcoming November 2022 elections, voters will be presented with an array of options from both political parties. All candidates are committed to the wellbeing and progress of Charles City and its citizens. Regardless of who wins the election, it’s likely to be an exciting race that will have a direct impact on the future of this vibrant city.
The political climate in Zip 50616 (Charles City, IA) is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, IA is moderately conservative. In Floyd County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.5%.
Floyd county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50616 (Charles City, IA) is moderately conservative.
Charles City, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Charles City, 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 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 50616 (Charles City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 359 contributions totaling $17,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $14,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)