51561 Pacific Junction, IA is a small rural town located in Mills County. The local politics in this area revolve around maintaining the integrity of the community and promoting sustainable growth for the future. The town has a City Council that meets monthly to discuss important issues related to infrastructure, economic development, and public safety. Local elections are held every two years, where citizens can vote for their preferred candidates who will help represent their interests in local government. The City Council remains dedicated to preserving the values that have made this area such a wonderful place to live.
The political climate in Zip 51561 (Pacific Junction, IA) is very conservative.
Mills County, IA is very conservative. In Mills County, IA 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mills county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.3%.
Mills county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51561 (Pacific Junction, IA) is very conservative.
Pacific Junction, Iowa is very conservative.
Mills County, Iowa is very conservative.
Omaha-Council Bluffs Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Pacific Junction, 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 51561 (Pacific Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)