The small town of Ocheyedan, IA (zip code 51354) is located in the northern part of Iowa and is known for its rural landscape. Politically, the area tends to lean conservative with the majority of residents belonging to either the Republican or Libertarian Party. All local elections are held on a nonpartisan basis and feature several different candidates from all political backgrounds. While it is common for national politicians to visit during election season, Ocheyedan does not have any representation within local government due to its small population size. Despite this, residents of Ocheyedan remain actively involved in politics and take part in local events such as debates and town hall meetings.
The political climate in Zip 51354 (Ocheyedan, IA) is very conservative.
Osceola County, IA is very conservative. In Osceola County, IA 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osceola county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.1%.
Osceola county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51354 (Ocheyedan, IA) is very conservative.
Ocheyedan, Iowa is very conservative.
Osceola County, Iowa is very 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.
Ocheyedan, 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 51354 (Ocheyedan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $4,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $509 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)