Farragut, IA is a rural town located in southwest Iowa, with a population around 500. Politically, the town is mostly conservative and votes Republican in most elections. Local issues are often discussed at city council meetings and the citizens of Farragut are very involved with their local government. The mayor of Farragut is currently Mike Wills who was elected in 2017 on a platform of economic revitalization. He has been successful at bringing new businesses to town and improving infrastructure for the community. Other members of the city council come from all different political backgrounds and work together to make decisions that will benefit Farragut and its residents.
The political climate in Zip 51639 (Farragut, IA) is very conservative.
Fremont County, IA is very conservative. In Fremont County, IA 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fremont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.0%.
Fremont county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51639 (Farragut, IA) is very conservative.
Farragut, Iowa is very conservative.
Fremont 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.
Farragut, 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 51639 (Farragut)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $42 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)