The small town of Minden, Iowa, with a population of just over 515 people, is a rural community located in the heart of Iowa. It is a close-knit community that values hard work and neighborly support. The local politics in Minden are largely driven by the city council and mayor who are elected by residents every two years. The city council works closely with the mayor to make decisions that will help improve the quality of life in Minden. They hold public meetings where citizens can voice their concerns and provide input on how they would like policies to be implemented. Laws and ordinances in Minden reflect the values and priorities of its citizens, ensuring that everyone has an active voice in shaping their own lives and future.
The political climate in Zip 51553 (Minden, IA) is moderately conservative.
Pottawattamie County, IA is moderately conservative. In Pottawattamie County, IA 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pottawattamie county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Pottawattamie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51553 (Minden, IA) is moderately conservative.
Minden, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Pottawattamie County, Iowa is moderately 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.
Minden, 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 51553 (Minden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $104 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $1,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)