Battle Creek, Iowa is a small rural town located in Woodbury County. While the population of 51006 is small, there is an active political climate in the local area. The upcoming election will see a number of candidates vying for seats on the local city council. Local residents have been invited to attend candidate forums and meet-and-greets to learn more about the stances and qualifications of their respective candidates. There are also many ways to stay informed about upcoming events, such as through the Battle Creek Times or by joining local civic groups. Although Battle Creek does not have a large population, its residents are engaged and passionate about their local political scene.
The political climate in Zip 51006 (Battle Creek, IA) is very conservative.
Ida County, IA is very conservative. In Ida County, IA 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ida county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.8% to 23.8%.
Ida county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51006 (Battle Creek, IA) is very conservative.
Battle Creek, Iowa is very conservative.
Ida 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.
Battle Creek, 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 51006 (Battle Creek)
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 13 contributions totaling $1,341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)