La Porte City, IA is a small town nestled in the hills of Eastern Iowa. With a population of just over 2,000, La Porte City is deeply rooted in Midwestern values and traditions. The political climate in La Porte City reflects this small-town atmosphere; it is quite conservative and largely focused on local issues like education, infrastructure development, and economic growth. The residents of La Porte City are very involved in their local politics, and they highly value their right to vote. Local elections feature many local candidates who are passionate about representing the people of La Porte City and having a voice on the important issues facing their community. There are also plenty of opportunities for citizens to get involved by volunteering or attending meetings with elected officials to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 50651 (La Porte City, IA) is leaning conservative.
Black Hawk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Black Hawk County, IA 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Black Hawk county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.5%.
Black Hawk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50651 (La Porte City, IA) is leaning conservative.
La Porte City, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Black Hawk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metro Area is leaning 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.
La Porte City, Iowa: D D D D d d
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 50651 (La Porte City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $3,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)