Oelwein, IA is a small town of 6,416 residents located in Fayette County. The city is served by a mayor and six council members who are elected to their positions every four years. All elections for these positions are nonpartisan and run according to state law. Currently, the mayor is Jennifer Oberbroeckling and the city council consists of Mike Kruse, Jim Brown, Chris Shoultz, Roger Thomas, Todd Olson and Josh Verploegen. Their main focus is on providing quality services to the citizens of Oelwein while making sure that their taxes are kept as low as possible. They also strive to create an environment that attracts new businesses and industry while maintaining existing ones. In addition, they work closely with local organizations and schools to ensure that Oelwein’s youth have access to educational opportunities and social activities. Ultimately, these elected officials are committed to providing an excellent quality of life for everyone in Oelwein.
The political climate in Zip 50662 (Oelwein, IA) is moderately conservative.
Fayette County, IA is moderately conservative. In Fayette County, IA 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.3% to 37.6%.
Fayette county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50662 (Oelwein, IA) is moderately conservative.
Oelwein, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Fayette 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.
Oelwein, 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 50662 (Oelwein)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $8,529 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $8,270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)