Stratford, Iowa, with its population of 50249 residents, is a small town that is strongly connected to its political landscape. The city takes pride in running an efficient local government and encourages all citizens to participate actively in the electoral process. Local elections are held every two years, in which candidates from both major political parties have the opportunity to represent their respective party’s views on a variety of important issues. Stratford also holds regular public meetings so citizens can discuss and debate these and other issues that affect their city. With an open-door policy for all residents, Stratford's government strives to ensure that everyone has a say in the decisions it makes.
The political climate in Zip 50249 (Stratford, IA) is strongly conservative.
Hamilton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Hamilton County, IA 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.8%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50249 (Stratford, IA) is strongly conservative.
Stratford, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Hamilton County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Stratford, Iowa: r r d 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 50249 (Stratford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $1,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)