The city of Alton, Iowa (51003) is located in Sioux County and is part of the Sioux City metropolitan area. Despite its small size, Alton has a vibrant political scene that includes local elections for mayor, city council, and school board. Elections are held every two years, giving citizens the opportunity to help shape their community’s future. Current candidates for mayor include Chris Jehling and Gary Behrens; both have put forward proposals about how to make improvements to infrastructure, public safety, and economic development in Alton. The city council also has five members who are elected at-large. Currently serving on the council are Patrick Koppenhaver (President), Ken Lehman (Vice-President), Joe DeSmet, Michelle Grafte, and Lance Brown. All of these individuals have made it their priority to serve the people of Alton with integrity and dedication. Finally, there are three seats on the school board that are filled by election every three years; currently they are occupied by Katie Schumann (President), Darren Fickbohm (Vice-President), and Mark Hohbach (Secretary). All of these candidates take their roles seriously and strive to ensure that all citizens of Alton receive quality educational opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 51003 (Alton, IA) is very conservative.
Sioux County, IA is very conservative. In Sioux County, IA 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sioux county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Sioux county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51003 (Alton, IA) is very conservative.
Alton, Iowa is very conservative.
Sioux 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.
Alton, 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 51003 (Alton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $131 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)