The small town of Indianola, IA (zip code 50125) is a tight-knit community with a population of around 15,000. The city takes great pride in its political involvement and the citizens are very dedicated to their local representatives. The politics of Indianola are mostly focused on issues such as education reform, environmental protection, and economic development. There are several local political candidates from both parties running for office each year. These candidates work hard to ensure that the residents have representation at the state and federal level. They also strive to promote policies that benefit the community and make life better for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Zip 50125 (Indianola, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Warren County, IA is moderately conservative. In Warren County, IA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 57.3% to 40.5%.
Warren county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50125 (Indianola, IA) is somewhat conservative.
Indianola, Iowa is somewhat conservative.
Warren County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
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.
Indianola, Iowa: r r d 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 50125 (Indianola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 616 contributions totaling $80,056 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 227 contributions totaling $61,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)