Elgin, IA 52141 is a small rural town in Northeast Iowa with a population of just over 1,500. The people of Elgin are proud of their community and take an active interest in politics. Local political candidates work to represent the interests of the community while striving to make positive changes. Candidates from both major parties have taken part in local elections, making sure that all citizens have the opportunity to be heard and have their voices represented. The election cycle usually brings out many candidates eager to serve the community, giving citizens a wide array of choices when choosing who to support at the ballot box. As Elgin continues to evolve, citizens will continue to take part in local elections and work together to make sure their voice is heard.
The political climate in Zip 52141 (Elgin, IA) is moderately conservative.
Fayette County, IA is moderately conservative. In Fayette County, IA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52141 (Elgin, IA) is moderately conservative.
Elgin, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Fayette County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Elgin, Iowa: r d D D 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 52141 (Elgin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)