The city of Norwalk, IA, located in the 50211 zipcode, is a vibrant community with a wide range of political views and opinions. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government, which includes the Mayor and five City Council members who are elected to four-year terms. Each year elections are held to determine who will be representing the people of Norwalk in municipal government. In recent years, minimal campaigns have taken place due to the high level of continuity that has been maintained on the council. As such, many local political issues have been discussed openly at City Hall meetings and citizen forums. Residents in Norwalk take part in these discussions and are active in their communities—from attending local school board meetings to participating in local festivals and civic events.
The political climate in Zip 50211 (Norwalk, IA) is moderately conservative.
Warren County, IA is moderately conservative. In Warren County, IA 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained very strongly Republican, 57.3% to 40.5%.
Warren county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50211 (Norwalk, IA) is moderately conservative.
Norwalk, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Warren County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Norwalk, Iowa: r r d 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 50211 (Norwalk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 273 contributions totaling $62,182 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $50,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $427 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)