The small town of Neola, IA (51559) is located in western Iowa. It has a rich history and culture that is grounded in its rural roots. While the population of Neola may be small, its political landscape is just as vibrant as any other community in the state. The town is located in Harrison County and is part of the 4th Congressional District, which is currently represented by Republican Congressman Steve King. At a local level, the Mayor of Neola is currently David Schulte along with a City Council consisting of five members who are elected to four year terms. Residents of Neola take an active role in local politics and regularly attend meetings to discuss important issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 51559 (Neola, 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 51559 (Neola, IA) is moderately conservative.
Neola, 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.
Neola, 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 51559 (Neola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)