Havelock, IA is a small unincorporated community located in Polk County, Iowa. The area is represented in local government by the Board of Supervisors, who are responsible for passing laws and ordinances that affect the entire county. There are several state representatives from the district who also work to ensure that Havelock's needs are met. These representatives include Joe Mitchell, Chris Hagenow, Bobby Kaufmann, and Heather Matson. On the national level, David Young represents the 3rd Congressional District covering much of Polk County and parts of other counties. All of these representatives focus on improving conditions for all residents in Havelock and throughout the region.
The political climate in Zip 50546 (Havelock, IA) is very conservative.
Pocahontas County, IA is very conservative. In Pocahontas County, IA 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pocahontas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.4%.
Pocahontas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50546 (Havelock, IA) is very conservative.
Havelock, Iowa is very conservative.
Pocahontas 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.
Havelock, 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 50546 (Havelock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 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)