The small town of 50426 Carpenter, IA is part of a large county in Iowa. Although the population of this town is not known, it is likely to be relatively small and its politics are largely influenced by the county. Every two years the residents of 50426 Carpenter, IA vote for their town's representatives in both local and state government. In particular, they elect a mayor or city council member every four years to head the governmental body that makes decisions about local policies, programs and services. The candidates running for these positions come from a variety of backgrounds and often represent different ideologies regarding how to best serve the citizens of 50426 Carpenter, IA. These elections are typically contested and offer an opportunity for residents to express their opinions on how their government should be run. In addition, 50426 Carpenter, IA has various initiatives that allow citizens to have direct input into decision-making processes such as town hall meetings and public hearings/forums held by their representatives. Overall, politics in 50426 Carpenter, IA are designed to reflect the desires and needs of the people living there while ensuring that their rights remain protected under law.
The political climate in Zip 50426 (Carpenter, IA) is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, IA is strongly conservative. In Mitchell County, IA 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.3%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50426 (Carpenter, IA) is strongly conservative.
Carpenter, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Carpenter, Iowa: d d D d 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 50426 (Carpenter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 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)