Humboldt, IA is a small and vibrant city located in Humboldt County. It has a population of 5,048 people according to the 2019 census and is governed by an elected mayor and council members. The current mayor is David Roeder, who was elected in 2015. Local political issues are important to the city's residents and they often reflect national trends. Issues such as economic development, affordable housing, public safety, environmental protection, and infrastructure improvements are discussed among local politicians and voters on a regular basis. The city also hosts several community events throughout the year where citizens can come together to learn more about local politics and discuss their concerns with their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 50548 (Humboldt, IA) is strongly conservative.
Humboldt County, IA is very conservative. In Humboldt County, IA 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Humboldt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.1%.
Humboldt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50548 (Humboldt, IA) is strongly conservative.
Humboldt, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Humboldt 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.
Humboldt, 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 50548 (Humboldt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $2,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $8,364 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)