52325 Parnell, IA is a small rural community in Iowa. The local politics largely reflect the values of its small population; there are no large political parties with major influence in the area. Most local decisions are made by the city council, which consists of five elected members who represent different parts of the town. The mayor serves as a point person for this council and presides over town meetings where issues are discussed and voted on. Due to its small size, there aren’t typically any well-known political candidates running for office in Parnell. Instead, citizens who are passionate about their community often fill these positions, ensuring that their voices continue to be heard at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 52325 (Parnell, IA) is strongly conservative.
Iowa County, IA is strongly conservative. In Iowa County, IA 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iowa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 36.4%.
Iowa county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 52325 (Parnell, IA) is strongly conservative.
Parnell, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Iowa County, Iowa is strongly 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.
Parnell, Iowa: r r d 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 52325 (Parnell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)