The city of Chester, IA is a small town in the 52134 zip code area, with a population of just over 1,600. It is located in western Iowa and has been part of Iowa’s political landscape since the 19th century. The local politics are currently dominated by the Republican Party, although such politics have shifted over the years. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in Chester. Despite this fact, people living in Chester still take part in local and state elections to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to important political issues that will affect their daily lives. The citizens of Chester understand the importance of being involved in their local government and take pride in participating in the electoral process.
The political climate in Zip 52134 (Chester, IA) is strongly conservative.
Howard County, IA is strongly conservative. In Howard County, IA 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 35.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52134 (Chester, IA) is strongly conservative.
Chester, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Howard 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.
Chester, 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 52134 (Chester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $3,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 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)