The small town of 52171 Waucoma, IA is no stranger to politics. The town is served by the local government officials that have been in office for many years. These elected representatives diligently work to make decisions for the betterment of their community. They listen to the concerns of their constituents and are involved in many local initiatives designed to enhance and improve life in Waucoma. However, since it is a relatively small town with a population of only 1,500, not much attention is given to the political landscape of Waucoma. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss issues brought to their attention from citizens and decide how best to move forward as a community. In addition, they collaborate with nearby towns on regional issues such as transportation and infrastructure projects. Though there are no current plans for any election campaigns in or around Waucoma, its people remain engaged in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 52171 (Waucoma, IA) is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, IA is moderately conservative. In Fayette County, IA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52171 (Waucoma, IA) is strongly conservative.
Waucoma, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Fayette 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.
Waucoma, 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 52171 (Waucoma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $48,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,531 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)