Calumet, IA (51009) is a small town located in the central region of the state and has a population of around 900 people. The town’s local politics are centered around their mayor and city council members who are elected to serve by the citizens every four years. Currently, the mayor is Terry Boyle and the current city council members are Doug Kiefer, Jane Wilson, Mark Osborn, Jeff Smith, and Sarah O'Brien. All five of these individuals have been elected by their peers to work towards bettering Calumet through decisions that bring improvements to infrastructure, public safety, education, economic growth, and other essential areas. The city council meets regularly to discuss matters pertaining to the well-being of Calumet's citizens.
The political climate in Zip 51009 (Calumet, IA) is very conservative.
O'Brien County, IA is very conservative. In O'Brien County, IA 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, O'Brien county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 20.8%.
O'Brien county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51009 (Calumet, IA) is very conservative.
Calumet, Iowa is very conservative.
O'Brien 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.
Calumet, 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 51009 (Calumet)
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)