50638 Grundy Center, IA is a small town located in the east central part of the state of Iowa. Politically, Grundy Center is primarily a conservative population that generally votes Republican in most election cycles. The city is served by two representatives in the Iowa House of Representatives, both of whom are Republicans. Furthermore, the county's residents are represented by Senator Tim Kraayenbrink in the Iowa State Senate, as well as Congresswoman Ashley Hinson in the US House of Representatives. Locally, Grundy Center voters have elected Democrat Todd Conaway as their mayor since 2016. In general, Grundy Center follows the trends of most rural towns and cities in its political leanings and voting patterns.
The political climate in Zip 50638 (Grundy Center, IA) is strongly conservative.
Grundy County, IA is very conservative. In Grundy County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.3%.
Grundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50638 (Grundy Center, IA) is strongly conservative.
Grundy Center, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Grundy County, Iowa is very conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning 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.
Grundy 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 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 50638 (Grundy Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)