The politics of 50311 Des Moines, IA are heavily influenced by the local government. The city is represented at the state level by two senators and four representatives in the Iowa House of Representatives. At the federal level, the city is served by one representative in Congress as well as two senators in the U.S. Senate. All of these elected officials are dedicated to improving the quality of life for residents of 50311 Des Moines, IA, and their decisions help shape policies that affect all citizens. In addition to these elected officials, there are numerous boards and commissions in Des Moines that represent the interests of its citizens and make sure that their voices are heard on important issues such as taxes, public safety, education, economic development, and more.
The political climate in Zip 50311 (Des Moines, IA) is somewhat liberal.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50311 (Des Moines, IA) is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Des Moines, Iowa: d d D D D D
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 50311 (Des Moines)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,078 contributions totaling $98,046 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $15,073 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)