51563 Persia, IA is a small rural town located in southwest Iowa. The politics of this area are reflective of the values and beliefs of its residents, who tend to lean towards conservative ideologies. The town is represented locally by a city council made up of six members elected by residents every two years. This council works together to ensure the town’s health and safety through discussion and debate on various topics ranging from local infrastructure needs to economic development initiatives. The mayor is also elected every four years, and is responsible for representing the voice of the people within the city council meetings as well as leading the council in their decision-making process. Additionally, 51563 Persia, IA is part of the larger state political system, which includes representatives at both state and federal levels who implement laws and policies that affect all citizens. All in all, politics in 51563 Persia, IA reflect a combination of local values combined with those imposed from above.
The political climate in Zip 51563 (Persia, IA) is very conservative.
Harrison County, IA is very conservative. In Harrison County, IA 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 29.9%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 51563 (Persia, IA) is very conservative.
Persia, Iowa is very conservative.
Harrison 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.
Persia, 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 51563 (Persia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $2,087 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)