Aurelia, IA is a small but vibrant town located in 51005. The politics of the area are shaped by a local city council with five members that are elected every two years to serve a four-year term. Each council member represents one of the local neighborhoods, giving them an important role in ensuring that the needs of each community are met. The mayor is also elected every four years and serves as a spokesperson for the entire city. Additionally, Aurelia residents elect representatives to both the state and federal government who represent their interests in those respective legislative bodies. Although there is no population data on Aurelia available, it has been estimated that it has approximately 1000 people living there, making it a great place to get involved with local politics and have your voice heard.
The political climate in Zip 51005 (Aurelia, IA) is very conservative.
Cherokee County, IA is very conservative. In Cherokee County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.7%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51005 (Aurelia, IA) is very conservative.
Aurelia, Iowa is very conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Aurelia, 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 51005 (Aurelia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,677 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)