The small city of Corning, IA (zip code 50841) is known for its friendly and welcoming community atmosphere. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with an elected mayor and five council members. The current Mayor is Mark Wedeking and the City Council Members are Elizabeth Holen, Robert Ailshie, Raymond Tiernan, Matthew Marley, and Doug McEntee. These individuals lead the city in making decisions related to local taxes, public safety, infrastructure development and more. Corning also has a thriving local economy and is home to several businesses that provide jobs for the citizens of Corning. Residents of Corning take pride in their city and its leadership as they strive to keep it a great place to live.
The political climate in Zip 50841 (Corning, IA) is very conservative.
Adams County, IA is very conservative. In Adams County, IA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.3%.
Adams county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50841 (Corning, IA) is very conservative.
Corning, Iowa is very conservative.
Adams 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.
Corning, 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 50841 (Corning)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $5,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)