Creston, IA 50801 is a small town located in southwestern Iowa. Its population is estimated to be around 8,400 people. Despite its small size, Creston has an active political scene. The local government is comprised of the Mayor, four City Council members, and three Commissioners who serve staggered four-year terms. Every two years there are municipal elections to decide who will fill these positions. In recent years, voters have elected candidates from both major political parties as well as independents and third-party candidates. These elections ensure that the people of Creston can have their voices heard when it comes to deciding on the direction of their community.
The political climate in Zip 50801 (Creston, IA) is strongly conservative.
Union County, IA is strongly conservative. In Union County, IA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 33.3%.
Union county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50801 (Creston, IA) is strongly conservative.
Creston, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Union 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.
Creston, Iowa: r r 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 50801 (Creston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 298 contributions totaling $10,012 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $17,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)