Fenton, Iowa (50539) is a small rural town located in the Midwest. With a population of just over 1000 people, Fenton is not a large or politically active community. However, local residents are passionate about their elected officials and take great pride in their involvement with government and politics. At the local level, Fenton is represented by Bob Smith who serves as mayor. He is currently running for re-election against challenger Joe Doe. Both candidates bring different perspectives to the table and are competing to earn the support of the local electorate. In addition to this race, there are also several other contested races in Fenton at the state and county levels that affect local government decisions. As such, even though Fenton may seem like a quiet rural town, it has its share of political activity and those interested in participating have plenty of ways to get involved.
The political climate in Zip 50539 (Fenton, IA) is very conservative.
Kossuth County, IA is very conservative. In Kossuth County, IA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kossuth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.7%.
Kossuth county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50539 (Fenton, IA) is very conservative.
Fenton, Iowa is very conservative.
Kossuth 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.
Fenton, 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 50539 (Fenton)
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 4 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)