Elkport, IA is a small town located in Clayton County with a population of 52044 people. Despite its size, Elkport has an active local political scene with several candidates running for office in the upcoming elections. This includes Joe Smith and Emily Johnson, both of whom have their own individual platforms and agendas focused on improving the quality of life for all citizens in the area. With different opinions and varying ideas on how to best serve the community, these two candidates will surely provide Elkport residents with an interesting choice come election night. The issues that are most important to Elkport residents include economic stability, job creation, public safety, and improving infrastructure. Both candidates have been actively engaging with the local community to gain a better understanding of what matters most to them and how they can best address these needs as elected officials. It is clear that Elkport citizens take their politics seriously and will be making an informed decision when it comes time to choose who will lead their city into the future.
The political climate in Zip 52044 (Elkport, IA) is strongly conservative.
Clayton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Clayton County, IA 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clayton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.6% to 34.8%.
Clayton county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52044 (Elkport, IA) is strongly conservative.
Elkport, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Clayton County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Elkport, Iowa: d 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 52044 (Elkport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)