Emmetsburg, IA, located in Palo Alto County, is a small town with a population of around 2,857 people. The city is governed by a Mayor and City Council, which is elected every two years. Recent political issues in the community include economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives and maintaining a strong public school system. The current mayor is Tim Koehler who was elected in 2018 and the city council members are Linda Hustedt, Dale Ehrhardt, and Matt Schany. In addition to the local government officials there are also several state representatives who serve the residents of Emmetsburg. All these officials work together to ensure that Emmetsburg can continue to grow as a community while preserving its small-town charm.
The political climate in Zip 50536 (Emmetsburg, IA) is strongly conservative.
Palo Alto County, IA is very conservative. In Palo Alto County, IA 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palo Alto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.6%.
Palo Alto county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50536 (Emmetsburg, IA) is strongly conservative.
Emmetsburg, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Palo Alto 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.
Emmetsburg, Iowa: r r d 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 50536 (Emmetsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $6,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)