The city of Mason City, IA, is located in the heart of North Iowa with a population of 28,079. The city has an active political atmosphere with elected offices dedicated to providing the best service for their constituents. Local politics are handled by a Mayor and four City Council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. There are also various boards and commissions that meet regularly, including the Planning & Zoning Commission and Board of Adjustment. These organizations provide informed opinions on matters that affect the city’s development, zoning, and land use issues. Additionally, there are many local non-profit organizations which engage in political activities ranging from voter registration drives to education initiatives. Mason City is also home to numerous civic clubs that play a role in local politics such as Lions Clubs International and Kiwanis Club International. All this activity contributes to keeping Mason City's government open and transparent while allowing citizens to have an impact on their community through their participation in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 50401 (Mason City, IA) is leaning conservative.
Cerro Gordo County, IA is leaning conservative. In Cerro Gordo County, IA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cerro Gordo county remained moderately Republican, 52.3% to 46.0%.
Cerro Gordo county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50401 (Mason City, IA) is leaning conservative.
Mason City, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa is leaning conservative.
Mason City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Mason City, Iowa: D d D D 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 50401 (Mason City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,094 contributions totaling $68,502 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $134,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $420 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)