The small city of Dows, IA (50071) is a rural town with a population of just over 500 people. Despite its small size, the political climate in Dows is highly active and engaged. The recent election cycle saw a few local candidates vying for office, though none were successful in their bid. Nonetheless, residents are still engaged politically and often take part in rallies and other forms of civic engagement to make their voices heard throughout the state. People in Dows understand the importance of preserving their small town's values and traditions while also striving to ensure that everyone has an equal voice when it comes to decisions made by their local government.
The political climate in Zip 50071 (Dows, IA) is strongly conservative.
Wright County, IA is very conservative. In Wright County, IA 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 31.9%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50071 (Dows, IA) is strongly conservative.
Dows, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Wright 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.
Dows, 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 50071 (Dows)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)