The small town of Denison, IA (population 51442) is a tight knit community that prides itself on its friendly and engaging atmosphere. The town is governed by a Mayor-Council form of municipal government. The current mayor, Robert Wulfekuhle, was elected in 2019 and has been praised for his commitment to the citizens of Denison. The city council is comprised of seven members who are elected every two years to serve staggered four-year terms. All members of the council run as independents rather than representing any one political party or affiliation. This lack of partisanship allows the council to focus on the needs of the people without any influence from outside organizations. The city also works closely with Crawford County officials in order to ensure that services and resources are available to all residents regardless of their political affiliations.
The political climate in Zip 51442 (Denison, IA) is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, IA is very conservative. In Crawford County, IA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 31.0%.
Crawford county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51442 (Denison, IA) is strongly conservative.
Denison, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Crawford 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.
Denison, 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 51442 (Denison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $7,227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $30,543 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)