Sioux Center, IA is a small rural city located in the northwest part of the state. It has a strong sense of community and many involved citizens with an interest in local politics. In Sioux Center, IA, the government is made up of elected officials and is composed of a mayor, city council members, various department heads, and other important members of the administration. The city council members are all elected by their constituents to serve four-year terms. They are responsible for making decisions about issues affecting the city such as budgeting, public safety initiatives, infrastructure improvements, and more. The mayor is also elected every four years and acts as an advocate for the citizens and helps to ensure that their needs are met. Sioux Center has a vibrant political scene with active debates on important issues facing the city's residents.
The political climate in Sioux Center, IA is strongly conservative.
Sioux County, IA is very conservative. In Sioux County, IA 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sioux county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Sioux county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sioux Center, IA is strongly conservative.
Sioux County, Iowa is very conservative.
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.
Sioux Center, 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 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 Sioux Center, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 242 contributions totaling $6,866 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 548 contributions totaling $161,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)