The politics in 51331 Arnolds Park, IA are largely influenced by the local government. The city is run by a mayor and council members who are elected every four years in a nonpartisan election. The current mayor of the town is Steve Stravers, and he is backed by a diverse team of five other council members. They work together to make decisions about the town’s future and maintain its quality of life for its residents. These include topics such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and more. The individuals running for these positions take part in debates where they address key issues facing the town as well as their plans to address them. It’s an exciting time to be part of Arnolds Park with so much change taking place in this small community!
The political climate in Zip 51331 (Arnolds Park, IA) is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, IA is very conservative. In Dickinson County, IA 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.6%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51331 (Arnolds Park, IA) is strongly conservative.
Arnolds Park, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, Iowa is very conservative.
Spirit Lake Metro Area is very 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.
Arnolds Park, 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 51331 (Arnolds Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $9,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $468 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)