The city of Newton, IA, is located in Jasper County and has a population of approximately 15,271. In terms of politics, the city has had a long history of being involved in local elections. Every four years, residents of Newton vote for their mayor and three at-large council members who make decisions on important civic matters. Recent elections have seen debates over issues such as infrastructure improvements, police funding and economic development initiatives. The city is also represented by many different state legislators from both major parties who advocate for bills on important topics like education, taxation and healthcare. The citizens of Newton take part actively in the political process through town hall meetings and other events where their voices can be heard.
The political climate in Zip 50208 (Newton, IA) is moderately conservative.
Jasper County, IA is moderately conservative. In Jasper County, IA 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 38.3%.
Jasper county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50208 (Newton, IA) is moderately conservative.
Newton, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Jasper 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.
Newton, 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 50208 (Newton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $28,121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $33,083 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)