Polk City, Iowa is a small city located in central Iowa. It has a vibrant and engaged community with active political involvement. Citizens in Polk City take part in a variety of political activities, from attending town hall meetings to volunteering for local campaigns. The city is governed by an elected mayor and council members, who work together to ensure the needs of the city are met. Additionally, there are several organizations such as the Polk City Chamber of Commerce that work alongside local politicians to create a bright future for its citizens. Political candidates often come from within the city or surrounding areas and have strong ties to their constituents. As such, collaboration between local leaders and citizens is encouraged so that decisions regarding policy and public services can be made accurately and effectively.
The political climate in Polk City, IA is leaning conservative.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Polk City, IA is leaning conservative.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Polk City, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 Polk City, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 744 contributions totaling $106,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 136 contributions totaling $39,220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)