Dunkerton is a small town located in Black Hawk County, Iowa. It is home to around 700 residents and is governed by the Dunkerton Community School District, which oversees the town's educational climate. Politically, the town has traditionally leaned Democratic, with most of its voters aligning themselves with the Democratic Party in local elections. The current mayor of Dunkerton is Tyler Smith, who was elected in 2017 and has been a strong advocate for improvements to local infrastructure and public services. Other members of the local government include board members such as Amber Roop, Christopher Bolte and Collette Brown as well as city councilors like Bill Massey and Joseph Owenby. Local elections are held every four years and often involve a variety of candidates from both political parties vying for seats on the city council or school board. The town also hosts meetings with representatives from each party so that voters can learn more about their respective platforms before making an informed decision at polling places during election season.
The political climate in Zip 50626 (Dunkerton, IA) is leaning conservative.
Black Hawk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Black Hawk County, IA 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Black Hawk county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.5%.
Black Hawk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50626 (Dunkerton, IA) is leaning conservative.
Dunkerton, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Black Hawk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
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.
Dunkerton, 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 50626 (Dunkerton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)