The small town of 50111 Grimes, IA is a diverse and vibrant community. The local politics in this area are important to its citizens as they provide an avenue for the town to express their values and opinions. Local political candidates are driven and passionate individuals who strive to make a positive impact on the community. They work hard to ensure that the needs and wants of residents in this area are heard and addressed. Issues such as infrastructure, education, public safety, and economic development all have an impact on the quality of life in 50111 Grimes, IA. Through the dedication of these local political candidates, residents feel empowered and have faith that their voices are being heard.
The political climate in Zip 50111 (Grimes, IA) is leaning liberal.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50111 (Grimes, IA) is leaning liberal.
Grimes, Iowa is leaning liberal.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Grimes, 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 50111 (Grimes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 839 contributions totaling $24,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $193,442 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)