The city of Burt, IA, located in Webster County, is home to a diverse population that is well represented in the local government. The mayor of Burt, IA is Marcy Lease, who was reelected in 2020 after serving for four years as an alderman on the City Council. Under her leadership, the city has seen economic growth and increased investment in public services. In addition to the mayor, there are five aldermen and three members of the city council who serve two-year terms. All members of the city government are dedicated to representing the people of Burt and promoting civic engagement and economic development. Local issues such as zoning regulations and infrastructure improvements are often debated within City Council meetings resulting in decisions that serve to benefit the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 50522 (Burt, IA) is very conservative.
Kossuth County, IA is very conservative. In Kossuth County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kossuth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.7%.
Kossuth county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50522 (Burt, IA) is very conservative.
Burt, Iowa is very conservative.
Kossuth 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.
Burt, 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 50522 (Burt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)