The small town of Montezuma, IA (50171) is home to a strong sense of community and a very active local political scene. The town has a mayor-council form of government, as well as an elected city clerk and treasurer. In addition, the city also has various committees that citizens can join to get involved in the local politics. Issues such as housing, education, public safety and economic development are frequently discussed in meetings held by the Mayor and City Council. There are also several civic organizations such as Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce that participate in many local initiatives. Involvement in these groups is encouraged for anyone wishing to become more engaged in their community. Although no population figures or names of specific candidates are provided here, it is clear that Montezuma residents take their politics seriously and are committed to making sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 50171 (Montezuma, IA) is moderately conservative.
Poweshiek County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Poweshiek County, IA 42.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Poweshiek county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 42.5%.
Poweshiek county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50171 (Montezuma, IA) is moderately conservative.
Montezuma, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Poweshiek County, Iowa is somewhat 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.
Montezuma, 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 50171 (Montezuma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $70,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)