The politics in 50213 Osceola, IA are largely driven by local elections. Each year, city and county seats for various positions are up for grabs, with a variety of candidates vying for the role. The political process is an important part of the community as it gives residents the opportunity to shape their locality through electing representatives that best represent their interests. Candidates discuss local issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, job growth initiatives and other matters that affect citizens on a daily basis. Even though 50213 does not have an official population count, the active voting patterns of its citizens show a true commitment to ensuring that those elected truly reflect the values of the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 50213 (Osceola, IA) is strongly conservative.
Clarke County, IA is very conservative. In Clarke County, IA 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.4%.
Clarke county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50213 (Osceola, IA) is strongly conservative.
Osceola, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Clarke 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.
Osceola, 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 50213 (Osceola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $12,699 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $36,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)