The city of Clive, IA, with its zip code 50325, is an important political hub in the state of Iowa. It is part of the greater Des Moines metropolitan area and home to many local businesses and organizations. While the population size and demographic make up are not available, Clive has a diverse range of people from all walks of life who participate in the political process through voting, attending events, and engaging with their representatives. The city's location also gives residents easy access to key state decision makers such as the Governor, Attorney General, and state legislators. Clive has seen its share of contested races for both local and statewide offices in recent years, with several candidates running for office each election cycle. This reflects the commitment of Clive citizens to stay informed on political issues and have their voices heard at the ballot box.
The political climate in Zip 50325 (Clive, IA) is leaning liberal.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50325 (Clive, IA) is leaning liberal.
Clive, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Clive, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 50325 (Clive)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,151 contributions totaling $194,267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 536 contributions totaling $288,969 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $539 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)