Gowrie, IA (50543) is a small rural town located in Webster County, Iowa. The area has a population of around 1,400 people and is home to several businesses and farms. Politics in the area have traditionally been driven by local community issues and values. The main debates that tend to spark conversations in the area are those related to education funding, zoning regulations, tax policies, economic development initiatives, and environmental protection. Local political candidates typically focus on these topics when campaigning for office in Gowrie. They value the opinions of their constituents and strive to create meaningful solutions to the challenges their community faces. The town's proximity to both Des Moines and Sioux City enables its residents to stay informed about state-level political developments while also having easy access to representatives who can address their local concerns.
The political climate in Zip 50543 (Gowrie, IA) is moderately conservative.
Webster County, IA is strongly conservative. In Webster County, IA 37.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.1%.
Webster county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50543 (Gowrie, IA) is moderately conservative.
Gowrie, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Webster County, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Fort Dodge Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Gowrie, 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 50543 (Gowrie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $3,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)