The small city of 50022 Atlantic, IA has a population of approximately 7,000 residents. The city is represented by various elected officials and government agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. At the local level, Mayor Dan Langley serves as the head of the City Council. Members of the City Council are elected in nonpartisan elections every two years and are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens of 50022 Atlantic, IA. At the state level, two State Senators and three State Representatives represent all citizens in Iowa's Senate District 15 and House District 44 respectively. The Governor of Iowa is responsible for appointing agency commissioners to carry out laws passed by the Legislature. On the national level, a Congressional Representative from Iowa’s 4th district represents 50022 Atlantic, IA in Washington D.C., helping ensure that their voices are heard in Congress. All residents in 50022 Atlantic have an important role to play in shaping their city’s future through political engagement such as voting or attending town hall meetings or voicing concerns on social media platforms.
The political climate in Zip 50022 (Atlantic, IA) is strongly conservative.
Cass County, IA is very conservative. In Cass County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.3%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50022 (Atlantic, IA) is strongly conservative.
Atlantic, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Cass 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.
Atlantic, 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 50022 (Atlantic)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $6,452 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $88,999 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)