Berwick, IA is located in Warren County and is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 citizens. While Berwick may be a small town, its politics are vibrant and engaging. The city is governed by the mayor and a five-member city council who work closely together to ensure the needs of the community are met. The current mayor is Joe Ruppert who was elected in 2019. The council members include Mike Stoll, Ryan Fox, Robert Conner, Bernadette Henley, and Jacob Brown. Each council member works diligently to represent their constituents while ensuring that all citizens have their voices heard when it comes to local politics. Additionally, there are several local political parties that citizens can become involved in such as the Democratic Party of Warren County and the Republican Party of Warren County which provide additional opportunities for residents to get involved in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 50032 (Berwick, IA) is leaning liberal.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50032 (Berwick, IA) is leaning liberal.
Berwick, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Berwick, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 50032 (Berwick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)