Manson, Iowa located in Calhoun County is a small rural town with a population of just over 2,000 residents. The city’s local politics are managed by the Mayor, four City Council members, and two City Clerks. The Mayor is responsible for setting the agenda of public meetings and approving the budget while the City Council members are chosen through an election held every two years to serve 4-year terms. The current Mayor is Dan Christofferson with Tim Rabe as Deputy Mayor. The four City Council members are Michael Miller, Debra Storjohann, Dave Wilson and Jacob Johnson. All of these positions are unpaid and serve on a voluntary basis with the aim of improving their community by making decisions that best benefit its citizens. In order to ensure transparency in government operations, the City Clerk provides support services such as documentation of meetings, keeping records of financial transactions and managing legal requirements.
The political climate in Zip 50563 (Manson, IA) is very conservative.
Calhoun County, IA is very conservative. In Calhoun County, IA 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.0%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50563 (Manson, IA) is very conservative.
Manson, Iowa is very conservative.
Calhoun 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.
Manson, 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 50563 (Manson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $95 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $4,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)