Albion, Iowa is a small city located in Marshall County. It has a population of just over 5,000 people and is largely populated by families who have been living there for generations. The local government is run by an elected Board of Supervisors who are in charge of making decisions on behalf of the community. They are responsible for deciding how the city's money is spent and what laws should be implemented. The Board is also responsible for appointing representatives to other local political bodies such as the county commission and school board. In addition to this, they also appoint justices to serve on the city's court system. Every four years, citizens have the chance to vote for their preferred candidates in local elections in order to help determine who will serve as Albion's Board of Supervisors. Through these elections, citizens in Albion can make their voices heard when it comes to how their tax dollars are spent and what laws they want implemented in their town.
The political climate in Zip 50005 (Albion, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Marshall County, IA is leaning conservative. In Marshall County, IA 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.1%.
Marshall county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50005 (Albion, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Albion, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Marshall County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Marshalltown Metro Area is leaning 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.
Albion, Iowa: r r 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 50005 (Albion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $2,115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)