Coon Rapids, IA has an active political atmosphere with many discussions and debates about the issues that face the citizens of the town. The city is run by a Mayor and City Council who are responsible for deciding the laws, policies, and regulations that govern the area. There are also several local school boards that are in charge of overseeing education within the community. In addition to these governing bodies, there are regular elections held to choose representatives for various offices. Political candidates come forward each election cycle to represent their constituents’ interests in their respective areas of expertise. Every vote counts in Coon Rapids as politicians strive to make decisions that will best serve their constituents and help bring progress and prosperity to the community.
The political climate in Zip 50058 (Coon Rapids, IA) is very conservative.
Carroll County, IA is very conservative. In Carroll County, IA 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.5%.
Carroll county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50058 (Coon Rapids, IA) is very conservative.
Coon Rapids, Iowa is very conservative.
Carroll 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.
Coon Rapids, 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 50058 (Coon Rapids)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $24,820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $477 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $5,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)