The small town of Alden, Iowa (population 5,000) is governed by a mayor-council system. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and the eight council members serve two-year terms. The mayor serves as the head of the government and presides over city council meetings. The council is responsible for setting policies and approving the budget each year, which funds everything from public safety to roads and infrastructure. Local political candidates in Alden are chosen during municipal elections that take place every few years. Citizens can get involved in local politics by volunteering with their preferred candidate's campaign or voting in elections.
The political climate in Zip 50006 (Alden, IA) is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, IA is very conservative. In Hardin County, IA 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Hardin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50006 (Alden, IA) is strongly conservative.
Alden, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, Iowa is very 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.
Alden, 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 50006 (Alden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $1,686 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $153,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,637 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)