The city of Pella, Iowa is a historic, vibrant town located in Marion County with a population of 9,943 according to the most recent census. Pella has an active local politics scene with many candidates vying for the city’s mayor seat in local elections. The current mayor is Dave Kurth who was elected in 2017 and is running again for his second term. The mayor serves as the leader of the city commission which is comprised of five members who are all elected at-large to four-year terms. The commission meets twice monthly to discuss budget and policy decisions that affect citizens of Pella. Other important political figures include the city council members, representatives from the school board, and state legislators representing Pella in Des Moines. All of these positions work together to ensure that the best interests of Pella residents are represented.
The political climate in Zip 50219 (Pella, IA) is strongly conservative.
Marion County, IA is very conservative. In Marion County, IA 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.1%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50219 (Pella, IA) is strongly conservative.
Pella, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Marion 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.
Pella, 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 50219 (Pella)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 465 contributions totaling $18,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 279 contributions totaling $48,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)