The small town of Ireton, IA (zip code 51027) is located in the northwest corner of Sioux County. It is a rural community with a population of around 1,100 people and is home to many small businesses and family farms. Politically, the area leans conservatively as most of Sioux County has historically voted Republican in presidential elections. At a local level, the city government consists of five elected council members who are responsible for setting policies and making decisions that affect the citizens of Ireton. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in Ireton. However, residents can stay updated on national and state politics through their county supervisors who provide updates and information about upcoming elections.
The political climate in Zip 51027 (Ireton, IA) is very conservative.
Sioux County, IA is very conservative. In Sioux County, IA 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sioux county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.3% to 15.8%.
Sioux county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51027 (Ireton, IA) is very conservative.
Ireton, Iowa is very conservative.
Sioux 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.
Ireton, 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 51027 (Ireton)
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 11 contributions totaling $7,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $657 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)