The 52101 Decorah, IA area is a vibrant community filled with diverse individuals and interests. Politically, the 52101 area is served by the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors as well as local representatives in Congress and State Legislature. The board of Supervisors consists of five members who are responsible for managing county resources such as roads, infrastructure, and funds. These five members are elected by the citizens of the county every four years. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, there are also local representatives that serve in both Congress and State Legislature. Representatives in both houses are voted on every two years by the citizens of the 52101 Decorah, IA district. These representatives provide constituents with an opportunity to voice their opinions on various issues that affect not only the 52101 Decorah, IA district but all of Iowa.
The political climate in Zip 52101 (Decorah, IA) is leaning conservative.
Winneshiek County, IA is leaning conservative. In Winneshiek County, IA 46.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winneshiek county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.6%.
Winneshiek county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52101 (Decorah, IA) is leaning conservative.
Decorah, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Winneshiek County, Iowa is leaning 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.
Decorah, Iowa: r 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 52101 (Decorah)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,266 contributions totaling $179,798 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 231 contributions totaling $60,726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)