Nora Springs, Iowa is a small community located in the state of Iowa. It has a population of approximately 1,600 people and is part of Cerro Gordo County. With such a small population, Nora Springs does not have its own local political candidates. However, residents are still able to participate in politics by voting for countywide candidates or statewide candidates from the area. The town also has representatives on the Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors who act as advocates for the town’s needs and interests. Local citizens can get involved with politics by attending public meetings and participating in campaigns for preferred candidates. In this way, they can share their voices and make sure their views are represented at a higher level.
The political climate in Zip 50458 (Nora Springs, IA) is moderately conservative.
Floyd County, IA is moderately conservative. In Floyd County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.5%.
Floyd county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50458 (Nora Springs, IA) is moderately conservative.
Nora Springs, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Floyd 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.
Nora Springs, 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 50458 (Nora Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $7,228 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $5,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $575 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)