The city of 50250 Stuart, IA is located in Adair county and has a long history of active political engagement. The local government consists of a mayor and five council members who are elected at-large to four-year terms. Currently, the mayor is Matt Davis, who was elected in 2017 and is running for re-election this year. Other political figures representing Stuart include State Representative Tom Running-Marquardt and State Senator Waylon Brown, both Republicans. There are also local groups such as Adair County Democrats that work to engage citizens to become better informed about politics within their community. While politics in Stuart can be contentious, many people still come together to participate in the important conversations that shape their city's future.
The political climate in Zip 50250 (Stuart, IA) is very conservative.
Guthrie County, IA is very conservative. In Guthrie County, IA 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guthrie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 31.2%.
Guthrie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50250 (Stuart, IA) is very conservative.
Stuart, Iowa is very conservative.
Guthrie County, Iowa is very conservative.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Stuart, 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 50250 (Stuart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 175 contributions totaling $9,242 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)