The small town of Jewell Junction, IA (zip code 50130) has a thriving political environment. Despite its size, the town is home to a wide variety of local political organizations and individuals. There are numerous grassroots campaigns that focus on issues such as economic development, environmental protection, and social issues. Additionally, the town is represented by various elected officials at the county level who work to ensure that Jewell Junction is adequately represented in legislation. Every two years, citizens of Jewell Junction vote for candidates running for local offices including mayor, city council members, sheriff, and school board members. This engagement in local politics allows residents to voice their opinions on important matters and helps to shape the direction of the town’s future.
The political climate in Zip 50130 (Jewell Junction, IA) is strongly conservative.
Hamilton County, IA is strongly conservative. In Hamilton County, IA 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 35.8%.
Hamilton county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50130 (Jewell Junction, IA) is strongly conservative.
Jewell Junction, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Hamilton 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.
Jewell Junction, 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 50130 (Jewell Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $8,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $526 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)