The small city of Hamilton, IA with a population of just over 1,000 people is served by a City Council that sets the policies and regulations for the local community. The City Council is composed of five members who serve staggered four year terms. Currently the mayor of Hamilton is Jeff Martin, and the other four council members are: Cindy Kayser, Brad Westendorf, Suzanne Johnson, and Shawn Goltz. These local leaders strive to ensure Hamilton remains a safe and inviting place to live and work. Together they have worked to promote economic development in their town while also protecting it's rich cultural history. Through events like their annual summer festival they promote Hamilton's small-town atmosphere and sense of community spirit for all residents to enjoy.
The political climate in Zip 50116 (Hamilton, IA) is very conservative.
Marion County, IA is very conservative. In Marion County, IA 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.1%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50116 (Hamilton, IA) is very conservative.
Hamilton, Iowa is very conservative.
Marion 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.
Hamilton, Iowa: R R R 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 50116 (Hamilton)
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 5 contributions totaling $220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)