The small town of Maynard, IA (50655), located in Fayette County, is an important part of Iowa's political landscape. The town is represented by two senators in the Iowa Senate: Amy Sinclair and Tom Shipley. They are both Republicans who actively work to make sure their constituents have access to the best services available. At the local level, citizens are served by Mayor Andrew Lucht, a Democrat who was elected in 2019. The City Council consists of five members from various districts throughout the city. All of these individuals work together to ensure that Maynard has a safe and prosperous future. Residents can also get involved in politics through various civic groups and organizations such as the Fayette County Democratic Party and Maynard Americans for Liberty. In addition to providing voters with resources and information on candidates and issues, these groups host events that give citizens an opportunity to get involved in their community and be heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 50655 (Maynard, IA) is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, IA is moderately conservative. In Fayette County, IA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50655 (Maynard, IA) is strongly conservative.
Maynard, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Maynard, Iowa: r 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 50655 (Maynard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $3,043 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)