The city of 50228 Prairie City, IA is a small rural community located in the south-central part of the state. The politics in the area are centered around local elections for city council members, who serve terms of four years and act as policy makers on behalf of the citizens. Local issues that are impacted by these elected officials include economic development, public infrastructure projects, zoning regulations, and public safety. During each election cycle, local citizens come together to discuss their views and choose candidates they feel will best represent them. Candidates must communicate their plans to improve the lives of their constituents while also listening to their concerns and suggestions. It is through this process that those elected are held accountable to making decisions that benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 50228 (Prairie City, IA) is moderately conservative.
Jasper County, IA is moderately conservative. In Jasper County, IA 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 38.3%.
Jasper county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50228 (Prairie City, IA) is moderately conservative.
Prairie City, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Jasper 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.
Prairie City, Iowa: r 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 50228 (Prairie City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $370 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)