The rural community of Paullina, IA (zip code 51046) has a population of around 1,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor and 4-person city council, elected to office every 4 years. The elections for these positions are usually non-partisan, giving citizens the opportunity to vote for the candidate they feel is best suited to handle the responsibilities of each position. Currently, Paullina is represented by Mayor Tim Russell and City Council members Keith Daubert, Donna Schommer, Tom Rensink and Ryan Curry. All of these local officials work hard to ensure that Paullina remains a desirable place to live and raise a family in Iowa's beautiful rolling hills.
The political climate in Zip 51046 (Paullina, IA) is very conservative.
O'Brien County, IA is very conservative. In O'Brien County, IA 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, O'Brien county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 20.8%.
O'Brien county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51046 (Paullina, IA) is very conservative.
Paullina, Iowa is very conservative.
O'Brien 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.
Paullina, 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 51046 (Paullina)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 190 contributions totaling $11,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)