Ionia, IA is a small town located in the state of Iowa with a population of around 600 people. The local politics of Ionia, IA are overseen by the mayor and city council members who are elected to serve two year terms. The current mayor is Doug Dierking, who has been in office since 2017. The City Council consists of four members - Jerry Gerholdt, Mark Wiese, Chad Kollasch and Marsha Anderson. Together they work to ensure that the needs of the citizens are met on a local level. They also strive to promote positive growth within the community through economic development and job creation initiatives. The City Council often collaborates with other governing bodies in order to make sure that Ionia's residents receive the best services possible while upholding the town's values and traditions.
The political climate in Zip 50645 (Ionia, IA) is very conservative.
Chickasaw County, IA is strongly conservative. In Chickasaw County, IA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chickasaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.7%.
Chickasaw county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50645 (Ionia, IA) is very conservative.
Ionia, Iowa is very conservative.
Chickasaw County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Ionia, Iowa: d 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 50645 (Ionia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $3,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)