51523 Blencoe, IA is a small rural town in Monona County. While the population of 51523 Blencoe may be small, it still has an active political scene. Local elections are held regularly and local political candidates typically come from the surrounding area. Issues such as agricultural policy, public safety, education, and economic development are actively debated and discussed among the people of this town. Voter turnout is usually high during local elections, which speaks to the level of interest that citizens have in their community's political affairs. As with many regions in rural America, 51523 Blencoe has a strong sense of pride in its own identity and tradition; local politics allows residents to have their voices heard and play an active role in shaping their future.
The political climate in Zip 51523 (Blencoe, IA) is very conservative.
Monona County, IA is very conservative. In Monona County, IA 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monona county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.8%.
Monona county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51523 (Blencoe, IA) is very conservative.
Blencoe, Iowa is very conservative.
Monona 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.
Blencoe, 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 51523 (Blencoe)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)