50624 Dike, IA is a small town located in Black Hawk County. The town has a long history of participating in local politics and supporting its political candidates. Every election cycle, the people of Dike come out to vote for the candidates they believe will represent their interests best. In recent elections, Dikeians have voted for representatives from both major parties, making sure their voices are heard in local and state government. From the mayor to city council members, the residents of Dike make sure that their local political leaders are looking out for them. As the 2020 election approaches, it will be interesting to see which candidates get elected and what impact this could have on the future of Dike and surrounding areas in Black Hawk County.
The political climate in Zip 50624 (Dike, IA) is very conservative.
Grundy County, IA is very conservative. In Grundy County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.3%.
Grundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50624 (Dike, IA) is very conservative.
Dike, Iowa is very conservative.
Grundy County, Iowa is very conservative.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning 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.
Dike, Iowa: R R R 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 50624 (Dike)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)