Elkhart, IA is a small community in Kossuth County located in the state of Iowa. It is home to approximately 500 people and has a government that consists of a mayor and five city council members. The mayor and council are responsible for making decisions about the town’s budget, infrastructure projects, public services, law enforcement, recreation programming, and other issues. Residents are encouraged to stay informed on the political process by attending public meetings or visiting their local government website where they can find out who their elected officials are and what initiatives they are working on. Additionally, residents can get involved by voting in local elections or volunteering with one of the many organizations that work to better the community. Through these efforts, Elkhart citizens strive to ensure that their voices are heard and their concerns addressed through an effective and efficient political system.
The political climate in Zip 50073 (Elkhart, IA) is leaning 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 50073 (Elkhart, IA) is leaning liberal.
Elkhart, Iowa is leaning 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.
Elkhart, 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 50073 (Elkhart)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,828 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)