Fairbank, IA is a small town in Buchanan County with a population of around 1300 people. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor is elected to serve as the chief executive of the city and the city council is responsible for legislation. Currently, Mayor Matt Miller is serving Fairbank along with five council members who are all running for re-election this year. The town's political agenda consists mostly of local issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, and providing more services to citizens. While many of these initiatives are supported across party lines, debates around taxation and spending often produce heated discussions among council members. With upcoming elections taking place in November 2020, Fairbank citizens will have an opportunity to have their voices heard and shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 50629 (Fairbank, IA) is strongly conservative.
Buchanan County, IA is moderately conservative. In Buchanan County, IA 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buchanan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.7%.
Buchanan county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50629 (Fairbank, IA) is strongly conservative.
Fairbank, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Buchanan 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.
Fairbank, 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 50629 (Fairbank)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $2,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $4,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $387 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)