Albert City, IA 50510 is a small town located in northwest Iowa with a population of about 1,000 people. The political landscape of the town is largely influenced by the state government and national issues. At the local level, there are no political candidates as the town operates with a mayor-council form of government. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to elect three members to the city council who will serve four-year terms. The mayor is elected independently and serves a four-year term. Council members work together with the mayor to make important decisions related to taxes, budgets, infrastructure maintenance, zoning laws and more. In addition to these elected officials, Albert City also has various committees and boards that citizens can join or participate in to help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 50510 (Albert City, IA) is strongly conservative.
Buena Vista County, IA is strongly conservative. In Buena Vista County, IA 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buena Vista county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.3%.
Buena Vista county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50510 (Albert City, IA) is strongly conservative.
Albert City, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Buena Vista County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Storm Lake Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Albert City, 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 50510 (Albert City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $35 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)