The small town of Magnolia, IA has a population of 51550 and is part of the greater Des Moines metropolitan area. The city is in Polk County and is represented in the Iowa House of Representatives by Ann Meyer. At the county level, the people are represented by Richard F Corbett who serves as Polk County Supervisor and represents District 2. The local Mayor is Selina Smith, who has been serving since 2017. There is also an active city council that meets regularly to discuss issues related to the day-to-day governance of Magnolia. Overall, the politics in Magnolia are characterized by strong representation from all levels of government and a commitment to addressing local issues.
The political climate in Zip 51550 (Magnolia, IA) is very conservative.
Harrison County, IA is very conservative. In Harrison County, IA 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 29.9%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51550 (Magnolia, IA) is very conservative.
Magnolia, Iowa is very conservative.
Harrison County, Iowa is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Magnolia, 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 51550 (Magnolia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)