The small town of Breda, IA, with a population of just under two thousand people, is served by the Republican Party in local politics. The local government consists of five city council members who are elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is Pete McMillan, who has held the position since 2014. There are also various civic organizations such as the Breda Community Club and Arts Council that seek to improve the quality of life for all residents. Community involvement is highly encouraged in Breda, with many opportunities for citizens to get involved in local issues and make their voices heard. Local elections typically have a high turnout rate as citizens take advantage of their ability to shape their own destiny through voting. Accordingly, Breda remains an active and vibrant political community despite its small size.
The political climate in Zip 51436 (Breda, IA) is very conservative.
Carroll County, IA is very conservative. In Carroll County, IA 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.5%.
Carroll county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51436 (Breda, IA) is very conservative.
Breda, Iowa is very conservative.
Carroll 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.
Breda, Iowa: r R d 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 51436 (Breda)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $1,012 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)