Dedham, Iowa is a small town in the state of Iowa with an estimated population of 51440 people. Politics in Dedham largely reflects the political views of the state and nation as a whole. The town has traditionally voted Republican in national elections, but local issues are also important to its citizens. The local political scene is largely influenced by the mayor and city council, who are responsible for enacting laws and policies that help the community. Currently, the mayor is Tom Sommers and the city council members are Jack White, Mary Jones, Bob Miller, and Jerry Smith. All four of these individuals work together to ensure that Dedham is running smoothly and that its citizens have what they need to lead comfortable lives.
The political climate in Zip 51440 (Dedham, 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 51440 (Dedham, IA) is very conservative.
Dedham, 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.
Dedham, 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 51440 (Dedham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $289 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)