The city of 50028 Baxter, IA is home to a vibrant and diverse political landscape. The city is home to many different civic organizations advocating for issues such as environmental protection, affordable housing, and civil rights. Local political candidates often participate in debates and town halls to discuss the issues of importance to their constituents. There are also several political action committees in the area that focus on specific topics such as education, health care, and economic development. Regardless of their political affiliation, citizens in Baxter have a strong sense of civic pride and participate in local politics with enthusiasm.
The political climate in Zip 50028 (Baxter, IA) is moderately conservative.
Jasper County, IA is moderately conservative. In Jasper County, IA 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 38.3%.
Jasper county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50028 (Baxter, IA) is moderately conservative.
Baxter, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Jasper County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Baxter, Iowa: r d d d 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 50028 (Baxter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $10,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)