Alexander, Iowa is a small rural town located in the southwestern corner of the state with a population of approximately 500 people. It is located in Poweshiek County and is represented by Republican State Senator Amy Sinclair in the Iowa Senate. While the area has traditionally been conservative, it has become increasingly more diverse politically over recent years. In addition to Senator Sinclair, many local political candidates have emerged from both major parties, offering citizens a range of choices when voting for their representatives. Given its small size, Alexander often sees participation from passionate and dedicated candidates who are looking to make a difference in their community. This makes it an interesting place to watch during elections as each candidate strives to win local support.
The political climate in Zip 50420 (Alexander, IA) is very conservative.
Franklin County, IA is very conservative. In Franklin County, IA 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 31.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50420 (Alexander, IA) is very conservative.
Alexander, Iowa is very conservative.
Franklin 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.
Alexander, 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 50420 (Alexander)
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 3 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)