The city of Evansdale, Iowa is located in Black Hawk County and has a population of 5,370. The city has an elected mayor and City Council that are responsible for the governance of the city. The mayor and council members serve four-year terms with the mayor serving as the leader of local government and responsible for setting the agenda for discussion at council meetings. Each member of the City Council is elected to represent one of four wards within Evansdale, each with its own unique needs. Local politics in Evansdale focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and overall quality of life. With a diverse range of interests to consider, residents can look to their representatives on City Council to ensure that they are heard when it comes time to make decisions that affect the community.
The political climate in Zip 50707 (Evansdale, IA) is leaning liberal.
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 50707 (Evansdale, IA) is leaning liberal.
Evansdale, Iowa is leaning liberal.
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.
Evansdale, 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 50707 (Evansdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $4,209 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)