Nashua, Iowa (50658) is a small town in Chickasaw County. It is the county seat, with a population of approximately 1,900 people. Politics in Nashua are relatively quiet, but the area does have some political activity. The local government consists of the Mayor and five-member Board of Trustees, who serve four-year terms. Elections occur in November of odd-numbered years and candidates for office must be residents and registered voters in Nashua. Issues that have been discussed recently include tax increases to fund city projects and improvements to infrastructure and public safety. In an effort to keep citizens informed, the City hosts regular public meetings throughout the year so that residents can voice their opinions on important matters.
The political climate in Zip 50658 (Nashua, IA) is strongly conservative.
Chickasaw County, IA is strongly conservative. In Chickasaw County, IA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chickasaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.7%.
Chickasaw county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50658 (Nashua, IA) is strongly conservative.
Nashua, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Chickasaw County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Nashua, 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 50658 (Nashua)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $3,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)