The small town of Hartwick, IA 52232 is a tight-knit community with a population of around 400 people. Despite its small size, the citizens of Hartwick take their local politics seriously. Residents often come together for important town meetings and elections to choose candidates that will best represent their interests in the local government. The town’s elected officials are well known among the citizens, and they work hard to ensure the town remains prosperous and a great place to live. The town regularly holds election cycles for mayor and city council members, who all work together on behalf of their constituents in order to ensure a successful future for Hartwick. From creating policies that promote economic growth to organizing events that celebrate Hartwick’s history, the local political scene ensures that the citizens have representatives they can trust.
The political climate in Zip 52232 (Hartwick, IA) is moderately conservative.
Poweshiek County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Poweshiek County, IA 42.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Poweshiek county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.5%.
Poweshiek county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52232 (Hartwick, IA) is moderately conservative.
Hartwick, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Poweshiek County, Iowa is somewhat 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.
Hartwick, Iowa: r 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 52232 (Hartwick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)