Floyd is a small rural community in 50435 Floyd, IA. With a population of around 500 people, the town is too small to have its own local government or any elected officials. Despite this, the politicians at the state and national level still affect the lives of those living in Floyd. Federal and state representatives work hard to ensure that citizens of this small town have their voices heard on important issues such as healthcare reform, criminal justice reform, education funding, and other matters of importance to the community. Residents also keep up with current news and events through their local newspaper in order to stay informed about what's going on in politics. Although there are no local politicians for Floyd residents to cast their votes for, they still remain active participants in politics through their representation at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 50435 (Floyd, IA) is strongly conservative.
Floyd County, IA is moderately conservative. In Floyd County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.5%.
Floyd county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50435 (Floyd, IA) is strongly conservative.
Floyd, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Floyd 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.
Floyd, 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 50435 (Floyd)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,059 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)