Located in Weber County, 50212 Ogden is a small town of just over 6,000 people. It is an unincorporated community, so there are no local political candidates or elections to report on. However, the politics of the town are still important to understand and consider when looking at life in 50212 Ogden. The town falls within the boundaries of Iowa's 4th Congressional District and is represented by Republican Randy Feenstra in Washington DC. As such, the majority of residents likely hold conservative views on issues such as healthcare reform, gun control, and immigration. Additionally, the state legislature is controlled by Republicans, meaning their policies will largely be reflected in any new laws passed by the state. Generally speaking, 50212 Ogden has similar political opinions to those found across Iowa as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 50212 (Ogden, IA) is moderately conservative.
Boone County, IA is somewhat conservative. In Boone County, IA 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.1%.
Boone county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50212 (Ogden, IA) is moderately conservative.
Ogden, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Boone County, Iowa is somewhat 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.
Ogden, 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 50212 (Ogden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $386 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $1,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)